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Good vision connects you

to the world
 Quality of Life

Eyes are a person’s most prized physical possession

They let us perceive the world around us

Eye care is extremely important to one’s sense of

well-being
 SIGHT IS PRECIOUS

Your sight connects you to your friends

Your family

And the world around you

 Vision Abnormalities

 Vision changes should never be

ignored

 LENSCRAFTERS recommends
consulting your eye Doctor if you
experience:
 Any change in vision
 Blurriness or blind spots
 Vision dimness or halos around lights
 Vision screening & 20/20
sight
 Doesn’t tell us if you or your child:
 See clearly all day long
 Focus between a book and a
blackboard
 See single not double
 Read without getting a headache
 Has healthy eyes
 SIGHT VS VISION

Sight is the simple response to light &

brightness

Vision is a sensory, motor, perceptual

process
Vision is the ability to identify, interpret,
and understand what is seen
 Visual Acuity
 What does 20/20 and 20/200 mean?
 Top number denotes a test distance
of 20 feet
 The bottom is the distance a person
with 20/20 vision can read the letter
 20/200 sees at 20 feet what a person
with normal acuity sees at 200 feet.
Vision Screening Limitations

 Screenings evaluate distance visual

acuity NOT :
 How eyes focus at near
 How well eyes work together
 General health of eyes
 PLUS
 Volunteer screeners have limited
knowledge of vision and eye health
 Comprehensive Exams

 For infants at 6 months

 For ages 2 to 5 years at 3 years

 For ages 6 to 18 every year

 For ages 18 to 60 every 2
years
 For ages 61+ every year
 Infants key to the world is
vision

Vision is your child’s first contact with

their world and plays a vital role in all
they learn throughout their entire lives

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 Infant Vision

 Babies learn to see over time like walking

 Their eyes are uncoordinated and wonder
 They can only focus 8 inches away
 Newborns only see in black and white
 Depth perception appears at 5 months
 Babies develop from head down
 Eyesize starts at 65% of adult
 What you can do for infants

 Use night light

 Change position of crib and infant in
it
 Alternate sides with each feeding
 Keep reach and touch toys within
focus range
 Mothers keep same hair style for
recognition
 Infant Vision Development

 Infants start to see color during 1st month

 They start to follow moving objects 2-3 mo.
 Visual acuity improves from 20/400 at birth to20/25 at
about 6 mo.
 At 6 – 12 mo hand eye coordination improves
 Depth perception, eye teaming and body eye
coordination are quite good by 10-12 mo.
 Eye color changes from blue to adult color.
 Infant eye alignment
problems
 Preemies can have retinopathy of prematurity
 See pediatric ophthalmologist to be sure
 Strabismus or misalignment becomes lazy eye
 Nystagmus results from congenital cataracts

 AOA member ophthalmologists offer a

Comprehensive eye exam at NO COST
InfantSEE available for first year of life

$
 Childrens Vision

 Comprehensive eye exams are

recommended
 Every year from 6 to 18 years of age
 10% of preschoolers and 25% of children
from grade K thru 6 have vision deficiencies
 School is more difficult if you can’t see

 Games are not fun if you can’t see

 Childrens’ Vision

 What to look for:

 Holding books unusually close to read
 Loosing their place often while reading
 Squinting or frequent eye rubbing
 Headaches, tearing, or closing one eye to read
 Low grades and avoiding close vision activities
 Childrens’ Vision

 Almost 80% of what your child learns is visual

 The state of the eyes encompasses:
 Eye health, visual acuity and refractive error
The functioning of the eyes encompasses:
 Focusing, eye tandem, and movement
 Visual perception, hand-eye coordination and
visual memory
 Children's vision skills

 Recognition
 Comprehension Visual perception
 Retention skills
Changes in vision can occur without notice
Underperformance in school or sports can be
A sign of vision changes
 Childrens’ Vision and
computers
 25-30% of computer using children require
corrective eyewear to work safely
 The computer demands fine motor skills
 Children have limited self-awareness
 Children are very adaptable
 Children are smaller than adults
 Young adults eye health

Most common problems are stress

and injury
 Protect your eyes
 Eat healthy Wear sunglasses
outside
 Don’t smoke Get regular eye
exams
 Exercise
 Vision over Forty

 Presbyopia affects most of us as we

age
 The most at risk are:
 Those with Diabetes or high blood
pressure
 Family history of macular
degeneration
 Glaucoma
 Vision over Forty

High stress jobs are visually taxing

Many medications have ocular side
effects
High cholesterol, thyroid conditions
Anxiety and depression
 Vision changes over forty

 Retina becomes less sensitive to light

 The eye’s lens becomes less elastic
 Eye’s lens may become cloudy
 Eyes become drier
 Vision may be populated with bright
points of light, blurred images or dull
colors
 Signs to watch for

 Fluctuating vision
 Seeing floaters and flashes
 Loss of peripheral vision
 Seeing distorted images
Could be signs of
Retinal detachment
Glaucoma
Age related macular degeneration
 Vision over sixty
Vision changes are now permanent
Get yearly eye exams to detect disease early
Driving requires extra caution to stay safe
Limit driving to daylight and use extra caution
Take a driving course for seniors
Avoid wide frames which can block side vision
 Vision over sixty

 Most common causes of low vision

are:
 AMD, glaucoma, retinal detachment,
stroke
 250,000 new cases each year
 Because population aging
prevalence and incidence will double
over next 2 decades
 Vision over sixty

Age related Macular Degeneration (AMD)

Major cause of blindness in 60+ group
Affecting 30% of all people 75+ years of age

Smoking doubles risk of AMD

Increase in consumption of omega 3
significantly reduced AMD prevalence
 Vision over sixty

 Over 4 million Americans have low vision

 68% of them are over 60
 Low vision is impaired vision which can’t
be fully restores through lenses or
surgery
 Can be due to heredity, injury, disease or
age
 LensCrafters

For a lifetime of healthy eyes and

Good vision to connect you to your world
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