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The Bright Eyes 6 Point Vision Check

If you are worried about your child’s eyesight and you don’t want to have a full eye examination done, the Bright Eyes 6 Point Vision Check has been developed by Irish Optometrists to provide a quick, accurate check of your child’s eyesight.

This eye check has been developed to check for the most common problems in eyesight that children can experience and can tell quite quickly if your child may have a problem which needs a further full eye examination.

If your child is struggling to see or has problems with their vision, they will have problems learning, playing sports and it can affect their self-esteem. It is estimated that 25% of school going children have problems with their eye sight.

Visual skills are necessary for learning in school. The skills a child will use every day when they are learning are:

Visual Acuity: The ability to see clearly at all distances.
Focussing: The ability of the eyes to change focus from distance to near and back again quickly.
Tracking: Ability to follow a moving object (like a ball)
Teaming: the ability to use the two eyes together and to move the eyes at the same time.
Hand-Eye Co-ordination: the ability to use the information sent to the brain by the eys to direct the hands in performing activities.
Visual Perception: organising images on a printed page into letters, words and ideas which the child can understand and remember.

For more information have a look at www.brighteyes.ie