Vision Screener for Pediatric Providers

Screenings such as photoscreening and visual acuity enable timely intervention by preventing amblyopia and long-term vision impairment. Incorporating an accurate, easy-to-use pediatric vision screener into your clinic workflow gives you the ability to catch risk factors earlier when outcomes are better.

What do the AAP, AAO, and AAPOS recommend for pediatric vision screening?

The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) now recommends photoscreening beginning at age 1 and attempting visual acuity screening starting at age 4. Instrument-based photoscreening is used to determine refractive errors and identify risk factors for amblyopia.¹It detects amblyopic risk factors such as hyperopia, myopia, and anisometropia. Photoscreeners, unlike a visual acuity test, allow pediatric providers, vision screening organizations, schools, and Head Start programs to vision screen children who are too young to perform a visual acuity test (vision chart).

But there's good news. GoCheck Kids does both!

"Without early detection and treatment, uncorrected vision disorders can impair child development, interfere with learning, and even lead to permanent vision loss....One of the greatest concerns is that vision loss will impact a child's quality of life, affecting financial, social, and employment opportunities over his or her lifespan." -- National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health
Source: Children's Vision and Eye Health: A Snapshot of Current National Issues (2nd Edition). A report by the National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness.
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