| Vision plays an important role in a child's overall health | | | | process, children still gradually gain visual skills, which |
| and academic performance. However, eyesight of | | | | are necessary to learn effectively. |
| children is overlooked by many parents. It is highly | | | | Visual defect in school-aged children can exert |
| recommended that a child should have a | | | | negative impact on them. In some cases, children with |
| comprehensive visual examination at three years old, | | | | poor vision have to struggle to read their books or to |
| even if there are no obvious visual signs that have | | | | see the chalkboard at their seats, which could impose |
| been detected or realized. | | | | undue stress on their visual system. In consequence, |
| Some children are too young to complain about | | | | those children may lose interest in certain subject and |
| uncomfortable vision but parents should take good | | | | get lower scores. What's more serious, some children |
| care of their vision. Undetected and untreated vision | | | | may develop a lack of self esteem and even become |
| problems in children can lead to sight-threatening eye | | | | behavioral students in school. Studies have found that |
| diseases. Some children only receive a brief visual | | | | attention deficit and hyperactivity in children are mostly |
| screening from the school or an unprofessional eye | | | | caused by vision problems. |
| doctor. Unlike a comprehensive eye exam, a visual | | | | There are further visual deficiencies in children who |
| screening just uses simple equipments that can not | | | | have 20/20 sight. These deficiencies can also affect |
| detect and diagnose a child's visual problems precisely. | | | | school performance. They include having problems |
| Only eye professionals can make a determination that | | | | shifting the eyes from reading to a distance position, |
| whether a child is seeing properly, which is necessary | | | | losing place while reading, rereading the same line over |
| to get good academic performance. Good vision is | | | | and over, frequent reversals in numbers or letters and |
| essential in learning, especially for those children in their | | | | taking 2 hours to complete 20 minutes of homework |
| early school years. Much basic knowledge is earned | | | | and so on. |
| through visual perception in children. In the learning | | | | |