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InfantSEE: Establishing a Lifetime of Healthy Vision

Cooing, sitting up and crawling are all signs that a baby is growing. But, did you know that a baby’s vision has stages of development too? Signs marking vision development are often less noticeable even to parents, teachers and other health care providers. That’s why the American Optometric Association recommends scheduling an infant’s first eye exam around six months of age, immediately after the eye undergoes rapid and profound changes and is therefore most vulnerable to interference with healthy development.
InfantSEE, a public health program, managed by Optometry Cares-The AOA Foundation, is designed to ensure that eye and vision care becomes an integral part of infant wellness care to improve a child’s quality of life. Under this program, AOA member optometrists provide a no-cost comprehensive eye and vision assessment for infants 6-12 months old regardless of a family’s income or access to insurance coverage.
During an InfantSEE assessment an optometrist will test for excessive or unequal amounts of nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, eye movement ability and eye health problems. Comprehensive eye and vision care is important to detect problems early to ensure babies have the opportunity to develop the visual abilities they need to grow and learn.
Minglih “Emily” Linden, O.D., can be reached at Linden Optometry, A P.C., at (626) 796-1191.

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