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Getting children's eyes tested - how?

7 replies

mm22bys · 23/08/2007 17:00

Hi,

DS is to get his eyes tested, he's only 3, so wondering how they do it?

When are most kids old enough to read the letters off the letters chart?

Thx

OP posts:

allgonebellyup · 23/08/2007 17:01

i want to know where do you get it done, and do you have to pay?
my ds is 3.

haggisaggis · 23/08/2007 17:02

THey have a chart thing with symbols on it and a corresponding card that has the same symbols. They then point to a symbol and ask your child to point to teh matching one on the card (child sits on your lap so you can check which one they point to)
Works OK!

KTeePee · 23/08/2007 17:02

If they don't know their letters they use pictures ime - but if they actually need glasses prescribed I have no idea how they work out the prescription I have to admit.

poppyknot · 23/08/2007 17:12

DD2 was picked up as needing a further exam when she had a 36 month assessment (do they still do these?).

We had a visit to the opthalmologist the the hosp and she thght there might be somethin but we had to go back 3 or 4 times to confirm,. DD2 just had to match shapes on a card and there were various peerings into the eye but from that she got a prescription.

Apparently she is long sighted nut I still don't quite understand how they reached the prescrition...........

She is now 4 3/4 and the proud and sensible owner of a pair of glasses. THe choices of frames is huge and they are v cute not like the NHS specs of old.

LIZS · 23/08/2007 17:14

They use pictures and coloured patterns . dd was 4 when she first did letters.

maureenmlove · 23/08/2007 17:28

In answer to the money question, no you don't pay anything. You just have to sign a NHS form, that they give you at the opticians. The choice of glasses is indeed enormous and very funky these days. Any opticians do it. We always use Specsavers. Don't know why, but they are as good as anywhere else. Glasses are usually made up within the week.

debbiewebweb · 23/08/2007 20:17

My dd's went for their first eye test when they were each about 8 months old. Bizarre but they could tell at that age if there was a problem or not. DD1 now 5yo has worn glasses since she was 2, at that age she could distinguish a symbol within a fuzzy picture and tell which 'house' was actually a house etc. But by 3 they can match symbols ok

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