Visual impairment affects 5-10% of preschool aged children.
Yet Less than 21% of preschool-aged children have their vision screened.
Vision problems can lead to loss of sight, learning difficulties & delayed development.
A True Story
I am in a pediatrician office the other day discussing photo vision screening. The doctor tells me how this affected his own grandson, who’s vision problem was not diagnosed till he turned 10.
Knowing all the problems this caused in his own grandchild’s life, He still said it’s too expensive.
Thank goodness for my pediatricians out there who really care about their young patients and understand the value of having good quality tools at their disposal.
Another True Story
I’m in a doctor’s office last week working on some other equipment and I can hear a nurse and a mother trying to work with a five year old to complete a wall chart screening. The child is acting up. The mother and nurse are both frustrated. Finally I here the nurse say “Well we will just get him next year.” to which the mother responds “That’s what you said last year”.
I thought to myself “Hey I have my unit in the car”, so I went and grabbed it. I did get the job done and the results were alarming. This poor child had severe vision problems and was getting ready to start school. The mother was so grateful to me, it made me feel like the hero.
I wish I could tell you this was a one time instance, but unfortunately I see it daily. A few months ago I was with a Lion’s club here in Texas and a mother came in with her three children ages 2,5,& 7. I tested all 3 and they all had severe vision problems. Once again they had been screened in school and at their local pediatrician but had passed thru undetected. The mother was so happy. She had thought her 7 year old had a learning disability.
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