Are the vision screenings provided at school or the Pediatricians office enough?
A. These screening tests are limited to determining the presence or absence of 20/20 eyesight, and are not a substitute for a comprehensive examination. Ocular muscle problems, focusing weakness when reading, eye movement (tracking) accuracy, color vision, eye-hand coordination defects, developmental delays in vision perception and serious diseases of the eye can be present even with 20/20 eyesight. Therefore, when visual acuity (eyesight) is the only test performed, numerous children with other vision problems will go undetected. There is more to good vision than merely having 20/20 eyesight!
