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According to the American Optometric Association, studies indicate that 60 percent of children identified as “problem learners” actually suffer from undetected vision problems, and in some cases have been inaccurately diagnosed with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
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The St. Louis Post-Dispatch (7/27, Sultan) reports, “One in four children in the US have undetected vision problems which could impair learning, according to the American Optometric Association.” Because “approximately 80 percent of learning comes through a child’s eye,” some experts believe that sending children “to school without good vision [...]

MedPage Today (7/26, Walsh) reported that, according to a clinical report from the American Academy of Pediatrics published online July 26 in the journal Pediatrics, “children younger than five who suffer head trauma or an unexplained life-threatening event should have an ophthalmologic evaluation, particularly if there is suspicion of abuse.” [...]

MSNBC (3/12) reports that, according to Carmen Bunde, program director with Prevent Blindness Nebraska, “blurry vision in a child can cause brain damage if the vision is not corrected.” In some cases, “amblyopia is to blame. It’s often called ‘lazy eye,’ because weak eye muscles make the eye drift to the side, [...]

Following a MedPage story, UPI (2/18) reports that, according to a study published in the journal Otolaryngology, approximately “one-fifth of children with hearing loss also have eye disorders.” Researchers at the University of Washington in Seattle “reviewed ophthalmologic findings in 226 patients with sensorineural hearing loss who were seen at a children’s hospital from 2000 [...]

If one or more of these signs appear, take your child to an eye doctor right away.
What do your child’s eyes look like?
* eyes don’t line up, one eye appears crossed or looks out!
* eyelids are red-rimmed, crusted or swollen
* eyes are watery [...]

Yet another reason why school vision screenings are no substitute for comprehensive eye exams. It is estimated that 80-90% of all learning is done visually……
ScrippsNews (11/21, Dean) reports that a recent study by the National Eye Institute “found that one in 20 students may suffer from a childhood eye-muscle coordination problem called convergence insufficiency, or [...]

In continuing coverage from previous editions of First Look, WCSH-TV (9/20) Portland, an NBC affiliate, reported on its website that, according to optometrist David Redman, O.D., some children’s “learning disabilities are actually undiagnosed vision problems.” Dr. Redman explained, “When children are diagnosed with a learning disability, about 60-percent of the time it’s just a visual [...]

Canada’s Calgary Herald (8/28, Gray) reported that now that school is back in session, some children may be experiencing vision difficulties that make learning difficult. Calgary optometrist Gaggan Basra, O.D., “says that typically, parents won’t act on getting a child’s eyes checked until a problem is mentioned. While many schools will screen for vision problems, [...]

In the Eye Man column appearing in California’s Redwood City Daily News (8/14), optometrist Andrew C. Soss, O.D., FAAO, responded to a reader who had enrolled her child in a private school that requires students to undergo eye examinations performed by an eye doctor prior to the start of the school year. The reader had [...]