Comprehensive Eye Exams
It’s about more than just blurry vision.
Eye exams are vital to your overall health. In addition to assessing your visual acuity, your eye care provider will test for common eye diseases, assess how your eyes are functioning together, and more. Serious health issues like diabetes and high blood pressure are often first detected during an eye exam.
What does a comprehensive eye exam include?
Your optometrist will determine what tests are needed based on your medical history.
However, most comprehensive eye exams include the following:
- Visual acuity to test the sharpness of your vision
- Visual fields test to check for blind spots which can indicate disease
- Refraction to determine your exact eyeglass prescription
- Ocular Examination to check the front and inside of your eyes for disease
- Retinal photo recommended every year to monitor ocular health
- Tonometry to test for glaucoma
How often should I get a comprehensive eye exam?
Our doctors focus on preventative care, and recommend an annual eye exam for all ages. Most problems can be found and addressed before they become significant by checking every year.
Contact Lens Exams
Contact Lenses are medical devices worn directly on the cornea, one of the most important and sensitive tissues required for good vision. Every year your optometrist needs to check the fitting of your contacts to make sure they are healthy for your eyes, test your vision, and ensure you are in the best lens for you. This service comes at an additional cost and may or may not be covered by insurance. Call us to go over your specific plan and let us know you wear contact lenses when you schedule. We recommend wearing your contact lenses to your appointment and bringing your glasses as well.
Pediatric Eye Exams
Support your child’s highest potential.
Healthy vision is one of the most important components of your child’s wellness. Vision develops rapidly starting at birth and is tied to many developmental milestones, such as hand-eye coordination and reading. In the long term, your child’s vision will impact how they learn, play, and interact with the world. While there may be some obvious signs of visual disorders, many vision problems can only be detected by a qualified eye doctor during a comprehensive eye exam.
Many childhood eye conditions, such as an eye turn, muscle imbalance, and high prescriptions, can be treated if caught early. Many of these cannot be fully corrected if not treated before the age of 8, thus it is especially important to have a comprehensive pediatric eye exam young.
Eye exam schedule for kids
Routine eye exams are a crucial part of your child’s well being and readiness for learning. Many parents do not know that school screenings are not the same as eye exams. Even with 20/20 vision, your child can still have problems that only an eye doctor can detect.
Newborns have their eyes checked before leaving the hospital. And leading medical organizations recommend comprehensive eye exams for health, vision development, and alignment at these ages:
- Between 6 and 12 months
- 2-3 years of age
- Before starting 1st grade and annually thereafter
Support your child’s highest potential — schedule an appointment at Oregon Optometry and Contact Lenses today.