CLEVELAND CLINIC (WKBN) – August is Children’s Eye Health and Safety Month, and eye doctors with the Cleveland Clinic are stressing the importance of eye exams prior to the start of the school year.
Cleveland Clinic ophthalmologist Dr. Allison Babiuch said sometimes a child may not know they have vision issues. Children may be too young to recognize their vision issues, or they may have become used to it.
In those situations, there are signs a parent can look out for, such as squinting, tilting their head, or trying to stand closer to whatever it is they are trying to see.
Dr. Babiuch adds that it is never too early to take a child in for an eye exam.
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“It used to be that you would just read a chart of letters, like the old-fashioned way, and now they have new vision screening devices, which they can use even in babies as young as 6 months old, where they hold up a little screening device in front of their eyes and it can detect if they fail that vision screen,” Babiuch said.
Dr. Babiuch said those with a family history of vision problems should let their pediatrician know. That way, they can decide what may be necessary.
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