Childrens Vision

Our goal is to assist every child to achieve the clearest vision possible and optimal visual performance. We work closely with families, schools, doctors and other professionals to provide the highest level of care to benefit of your child.

One in four children in Australia have undetected vision problems because children often assume their vision is the same as everyone else.

Conditions such as lazy eye (ambyopia), turned eye (strabismus), eye teaming, eye tracking, and colour vision deficiencies are best detected at an early age to maximize their learning potential through school. Therefore children should have their eyes tested at:

from 3.5 years old
Yearly between pre-school and Grade 3
Late primary school

“1 in 4 children in Australia have undetected vision problems.“

Signs that your child may need to have their eyes examined:

Problems seeing the TV or blackboard
Holding things too close to the face
Eye rubbing or excessive blinking
Poor attention span or memory
Avoidance of close work
Covering one eye or tilting the head when reading
Learning difficulties
An eye which seems to turn in or out, particularly when they are tired
Complaining of double vision
Complaining of sore eyes or headaches

When there is a history of headaches, turned eye, learning difficulties or problems concentrating, we also examine binocular vision (the way your eyes work as a team) and visual perceptual skills.

Call us on 07 3345 3383 or book online today!

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Tips for anxious children

If your child can tend to be anxious when visiting the doctor or meeting new people

It’s a great idea for nervous children to observe a parent/family member’s eye test first.

Introducing the eye test in this way can help anxious children understand the flow of the test, get familiar with the optometrist, and discover that there is nothing to be frightened of!

We test all ages from 3.5 to 100, so feel free to bring your whole family in for comprehensive eye care.