The reason for childhood eye exams

Childhood is the critical time to look after a child's health.  Untreated childhood vision problems are associated with poor social, economic and academic outcomes.  Most vision problems are treatable and are diagnosed during an eye exam with your optometrist. Don't let childhood vision problems grow up to be adult issues.

A 2011 study published in the journal,Pediatrics, found that in addition to refractive errors that can be corrected with glasses such as myopia and astigmatism, ocular disorders like strabismus (eye-turn, cross eyes) and amblyopia (lazy eye) that occur in infants, toddlers, and children may present lifelong problems for the child. Strabismus and amblyopia require more intense treatment such as vision therapy or surgery.

Children who become adults with these conditions must adapt and compensate for them. Moreover, vision problems that were present in childhood may continue to plague the patient into adulthood, affecting overall health, self-perception, educational attainment, job choices, and a number of other social factors.

Basically, people with these disorders find it very difficult to do things that people with healthy vision take for granted, like effortlessly understanding visual learning. The fact that 80% of classroom learning happens through our visual system means a child with lazy eye, for example, is at a significant disadvantage in school.

Here is a nice childhood vision infographic by Doctors of Optometry Canada.

Vision and Learning

In honour of Children's vision month, here is a nice infographic from Doctors of Optometry Canada .  To learn more about vision and learning click here.

Aeroplan promotion - September to October, 2014

We have a huge Aeroplan promotion that runs from September to October 2014.  Here are the highlights:

1. 1000 Bonus Miles for New patients!
2. 500 Bonus Miles with the purchase of premium personalized lenses
3. Up To 600 Bonus Miles on Select Contact Lenses!

1000 Bonus Miles for New patients!

New Patients! Earn 1000 Bonus Miles with a completed eye exam
Bonus mile offer only applies to Aeroplan Members who are NEW patients of FYidoctors (and participating Vision Source locations) and who have completed an eye examination.

One-time bonus offer per Aeroplan Member for NEW patients of FYidoctors (and participating Vision Source locations) only.

Members are considered NEW if they have never been to an FYidoctors (or participating Vision Source locations) location.

If you are not sure if you have been to an FYidoctors location (or participating Vision Source location) before, please visit www.fyidoctors.com/find-a-location and search by optometrist or city/province.

Aeroplan Members cannot receive 500 bonus miles for other members in the event the member pays for another member’s exam(s).

Aeroplan Card must be presented at time of payment to receive your Aeroplan Miles.
Bonus miles will be credited to Aeroplan Members’ accounts within one week of payment.

Some restrictions may apply. Please see our clinic for complete details.  Bonus Miles offer cannot be combined with the Free Eyeglasses promotion.

500 Bonus Miles with the purchase of premium personalized lenses

Qualifying lens products include TruClear SD and TruClear XD lenses. Patients can choose either single vision or progressive designs. For information on materials and prescription range availability, click here.

Please call or visit our clinic for more details.

Bonus Miles are awarded PER lens pair purchase. For example, one pair of lenses gets you 500 Bonus Miles; two pairs of lenses gets you 1000 Bonus Miles.

Aeroplan member may purchase as many pairs as they like.

Aeroplan Card must be presented at time of payment to receive your Aeroplan Miles.
Bonus miles will be credited to Aeroplan Members’ accounts within one week of payment.
Some restrictions may apply. Please visit our clinic for complete details.

Do You Wear Contact Lenses? Earn Up To 600 Bonus Miles on Select Contact Lenses!

Earn 250 Miles on any 4 box purchase of eligible Alcon products.
Earn 600 Miles on any 8 box purchase of eligible Alcon products.

Eligible Products:

-          DACP (Sphere, Multi Focal and Toric) – 90 packs
-          Dailies Total One – 90 packs
-          Air Optix Aqua (Sphere, Multi Focal and Toric)
-          Night and Day

Non eligible contact lens products:

-          All 30 pack purchases
-          All Freshlook products

Aeroplan Card must be presented at time of payment to receive your Aeroplan Miles.

Aeroplan Card must be presented at time of payment to receive your Aeroplan Miles.

Bonus miles will be credited to Aeroplan Members’ accounts within one week of payment.

Some restrictions may apply. Please visit this clinic for more information.

  

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Eyewear trends for fall 2014

The website http://eyecessorizeblog.com, is an excellent source for info on eyewear trends.  They have a excellent post on trends for Fall 2014.  Click here to visit eyecessorizeblog.com.  Here is a taste of Fall 2014:

Vision therapy for saccades improves reading

Dr. Dominick Maino has an excellent post on the blog of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development about a new study published in the journal Clinical Pediatrics by a group of researchers including one from the Illinois College of Optometry that shows that vision training (vision therapy) for saccadic eye movements improves reading in children. Read more