Prevent Blindness America and Vision Service Plan recently conducted a new survey of nearly 1,500 participants that indicates one in five 12- to 17 year-olds have difficulty seeing the blackboard and 25% complained of headaches.
One possible reason? Almost two-thirds of children under the age of six never had an eye exam by an eye doctor, the survey said. Additionally the survey showed that one in four 6 to 11 year-olds wear prescription glasses, and that prevalence of eye conditions increases with the child’s age.
“The survey provides a clear example of why regular eye exams are so important as childern progress in school,” said Gary Brooks, VSP Vision Care’s president. “The survey results reinforce the need for regular eye exams as kids’ eyes continue to change and adapt.”
Prevent Blindness America recommeds that all children have their vision checked at infancy and regularly through-out childhood, and that if a child fails a vision screening, or parents are concerned about an eye or vision problem, the child should have a complete eye exam by an optometrist or ophthalmologist…
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