Vision screening outcomes of Grade 3 children in Australia: Differences in academic achievement
The vision of children in the classroom is assumed to be good. A recent study has demonstrated that children who perform less well on NAPLAN results compared to the other children in the same school and demographic area, are also found to fail or get borderline results on a vision screening.
When eye drops aren’t enough – looking for relief from dry, gritty eyes?
Looking for dry, gritty eye relief, without more eye drops?
Do you experience…
- stinging or burning eyes?
- a sandy or gritty feeling as if something is in the eye?
- episodes of excess tears?
- pain and redness of the eye?
- episodes of blurred vision?
- heavy eyelids?
- uncomfortable contact lenses?
- decreased tolerance of reading, working on the computer, or any activity that requires sustained visual attention?
- eye fatigue?
What is dry eye?
Dry eye is a condition when the eye does not produce tears properly, or when the tears are not of the correct consistency and evaporate too quickly.
Samsung Creates App to Assist Colour Vision Deficits
The new “SeeColors” app from the collaboration between Samsung and Colorlite allows people with colour vision deficits to have their phones (and TV eventually) adjusted so they can differentiate between a great number of colours on the screen.
Children’s Optometrist Gold Coast – 1 in 5 children
1 in 5 children suffer with an undetected vision problem
(source Optometry Australia 2017).
This is an issue that is close to the hearts of the team at Harmony Vision Optometrists. We founded the practice to concentrate on providing an extended range of vision treatments to people of all ages, this inevitably lead to a strong focus on children. Why?
Vision, Balance, Vertigo and Dizziness
I had the opportunity to head to Portland, Oregon USA recently to attend a meeting on the multidisciplinary care of patients with dizziness. It was a long way to travel in a short space of time, and so I was taking a gamble on the quality of the meeting. This has been an interest of mine for a long time for both personal and professional reasons as I have been involved in the visual rehabilitation of patients for many years. It turns out that the trip turned out to be a success, the meeting was excellent.