AUTUMN IS HERE!

Hey Moms!  It’s Back to School Time!

            It’s that time of year when school buses start rolling and the kids are back at school.  Give your children every advantage in class by ensuring their vision is perfect.  Learning is closely tied to vision and any difficulty seeing can affect your child’s school performance.  60% of “problem learners” actually suffer from visual impairment, according to the American Optometric Association (AOA).  The AOA also states that “the longer a vision problem goes untreated, the more a child’s brain has to overcompensate to live with the vision problem instead of developing and learning normally.”

            Make sure your child has every opportunity to succeed at school.  Ask one of the doctors at Coventry Eye Care Associates to evaluate your child’s vision today!

Is Your Child Starting Fall Sports?

            Sports are an important and fun part of many children’s lives.  If your children wear glasses at school and then remove them for sport so they don’t break they may be at a disadvantage.  Imagine trying to play your best with blurry vision!

            Fortunately, there are many options to have clear vision without the risk of breaking glasses.  Contact lenses are a fantastic choice.  Rec Specs © are durable, shatter-proof glasses specifically designed for use during sports.  These are another choice that provide clear vision and eye protection during contact sports.

            Give your child the competitive edge! Stop by Coventry Eye Care Associates to find out more about corrective options for sports.

Can Contact Lenses be a New Back-to-School Look?

            All parents understand the importance of back-to-school shopping to find the perfect clothes for a new school year.  Could contact lenses be part of your child’s new back-to-school look?  Coventry Eye Care Associates provides a full contact lens fitting and training program to ensure the success of new contact lens wearers.  We offer contacts for all prescriptions and colored contact lenses!  Imagine going to school with violet tinted eyes…what a great new look!

AUGUST IS AMBLYOPIA AWARENESS MONTH

Amblyopia (also known as “lazy eye”)can present as an eye that turns in or out the wrong way.  It can also appear in children with straight eyes but that have one eye seeing more clearly than the other.  Early diagnosis of any eye condition is of utmost importance but, is especially important in children with the risk for amblyopia.  Only a trained eye care professional can determine if your child is at risk for vision loss from amblyopia. 

Early diagnosis is so important that a new federal program is in place to guarantee a free eye exam to any child less than 1 year of age.  This program is called InfantSEE and, of course, the doctors at Coventry Eye Care Associates and Optical Center are involved! For more information on the InfantSEE program please visit http://www.infantsee.org/.       

SEPTEMBER IS CHILDREN’S EYE HEALTH AND SAFETY MONTH

            Eye injuries are the greatest risk to young patients for loss of vision. 27% of eye injuries occur during sports and recreation.  This number increases to 40% for children ages 11-14.  For children ages 0-14 baseball is the most common cause of eye injuries.  The good news is that 90% of these injuries are preventable according to Prevent Blindness America.  Almost all groups that are involved in child safety and eye care recommend the utilization of protective sports eyewear.  They include the American Optometric Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, Prevent Blindness American and the National Eye Institute.

(Paul Berman, Eye Care Professional Magazine)

OCTOBER IS WORLD BLINDNESS AWARENESS MONTHMore than two-thirds of visually impaired adults in the United States are over 65 years of age. Nearly 20.5 million Americans age 6 and older are afflicted with cataracts, the leading cause of blindness in the United States. The prevalence of blindness increases rapidly in later years, particularly after age 75. The number of Americans with age-related eye disease is expected to double within the next three decades unless something is done to reverse the trend. (eyecareamerica.com)