All About Kids' Eye-sight

[cutiemax]

All glasses lens in optical shops are standardised, for far distance. If we wanna it meant for classroom settings, we will need to talk to them how much to lower. I was recommended myopia control(progressive lens) for my girl. Lens have distance and near lens. The optician suggested -1.0 and -0.25 for my girl.


But I would think -0.5 and -0.0 would be sufficiently for classroom boards. One thing to note, we have to constantly drill into their little minds that never strain eyes. Just walk a little closer to see if the image is blur or use our ears to help our eyes. If not, leave it.

I also encourage my girl to look as far as she can at the same time making sure the words are clear and comfortable to her eyes. We been practising this using bookstand while reading books and it helps alot. Now she is comfortable to read almost 2 arms away.

[8228]

Where did you buy the bookstand? Thanks.

[cutiemax]

I bought this from Brisbane. U can get something similar.


http://www.officeworks.com.au/retail/products/Technology/Peripherals/Stands-and-Cleaners/FE2110

[8228]

:thankyou: cutiemax

[cutiemax]

My girl just had her eyes retested by the same optometrist.


19 days ago
Was -1.25 on right and -1.25 on left for shortsightedness.
Was -0.75 on right and 0.75 on left for astigmatism.
Was 180 on right and 180 on left for axis.

Axis refers to the direction of astigmatism, it shows the orientation of the football shaped eye.

Today’s results show some slight improvement.

-1.00 on right and -1.25 on left for shortsightedness.
-0.5 on right and 0.5 on left for astimgmatism.
90 on right and 90 on left for axis.

The optometrist mentioned that her right eye is a 1/2 point improvement. She is in between -1.25 and -1.00 and she put -1.00 for her.

I am happy with the results. At least our daily eye exercises, newly adopted reading habits and diets help in strengthenign her eye muscles.

Will retest her eyes again in Feb 12 to monitor her progress. Really hope we can combat myopia…

[susu2626]

drink or eat lots of carrot…

[peapot]

Cutiemax, can you recommend me your optometrist? I need to bring my gal to test her eyesight again. Usually the school will conduct the eye test but now I don’t hear anything from the school anymore.

[cutiemax]

peapot:

Cutiemax, can you recommend me your optometrist? I need to bring my gal to test her eyesight again. Usually the school will conduct the eye test but now I don't hear anything from the school anymore.

Hi Peapot,
We are currently living in Brisbane and are seeing a nearby optometrist here.

Usually MOH medical team goes to school for yearly eye test. U may check with teachers cos it is a must for all schools.

[mwchua]

Hi,


Need your quick help. I used to take my girl to Health Promotion Board for eye check-up when she was in K2 and P1. Now that she is in P2 this year, HPB mentioned that they do not perform eye check-up anymore and we have to go to optometrist.

Sometimes the eye degree given by different optometrists can vary quite a bit. I am wondering if apart from HPB, is there any other place I can bring my girl to for eye check-up which will be more objective and reliable than that of optometrist?

Many thanks for your kind advice.

Regards,
Ming

[cutiemax]

mwchua:

Hi,


Need your quick help. I used to take my girl to Health Promotion Board for eye check-up when she was in K2 and P1. Now that she is in P2 this year, HPB mentioned that they do not perform eye check-up anymore and we have to go to optometrist.

Sometimes the eye degree given by different optometrists can vary quite a bit. I am wondering if apart from HPB, is there any other place I can bring my girl to for eye check-up which will be more objective and reliable than that of optometrist?

Many thanks for your kind advice.

Regards,
Ming

Hi Ming,
Hmm...strange. My mum was a nurse , part of the medical team that went round SG schools to check students' eyesight. Only Pr 1 and Pr 5 required detail body check and immunisations jabs. Maybe they have change the policies. My mum just retired last August.

Yes, it is quite frustrating when eye test varies. We tried 2 different optometrists and the results are different. The first one didn't detect astigmatism but as she wasn't as detailed as the second optometrist, I put trust the second one more. I was with my daughter throughout her both eye tests. It helps to gain more familar with the process and how each test is being carried out. I would also request for a print out of the prescriptions for future references.

Personally, there is little reason for optometrists or even optician shop to give an objective view as their main source of income come from the purchase of glasses. They are all for glasses/drops/hard lens. There are also little research done on alternative ways to combat myopia. I heard of vision therapist but have not tried before.