Helping Infants to Establish a Lifetime of Healthy Vision
InfantSEE@r a public health program, managed by Optometry*s Charity TM
The AOA Foundation, is designed to ensure that eye and vision care
becomes an integral part of infant wellness care to improve a child r
s quality of life, Under this program, AOA optometrists provide a comprehensive eye and vision assessments for infants within the first
year of life regardless of a family's income or access to insurance coverage,The InfantSEE@ Assessment Explained
The InfantSEE@ assessment dffers early detection.
of potential eye and vision problems as a complement to the eye screening conducted in a pediatric well-care visit, A cornprehensive assessment between the ages of 6 months and 12 months is recommended to determine healthy development of visionx Risk factors for many eye conditions, including ambiyopia (often referred to as lazy eye), muscle imbalances, and some ocular diseases, have no signs or symptoms and may not be detected in a weft-baby check-up. Such pediatrician visits include care and services performed by all personnel and last an average Qt-221 minutes, which is ample time for screening and detecting potential large-scope health problems. However, significant risk factors for eye and vision disorders are not detectable by base-level infant eye screening, and even earty retinobiastoma, the seventh most common pediatric cancer, Is detected more than 80 percent
of the time outside the doctorls office by a family member or friend.For a list of current providers:
Call InfantSEE Tollfree 888-396-EYES (3937)
http://www.infantsee.org/
