Children’s Vision
ages five to fifteen
Children’s vision exams are for ages five to fifteen. The visit is fifty minutes and $95, with Dr. Tomas Reyes, and it can be booked in the after-school slots.
Signs at school
signs at school
A book held close
is something we can
measure.
Teachers and parents tend to notice the same cluster, and none of it is a diagnosis from the doorway. The book migrates toward the face. Lines are skipped, or a finger stays under the words. Reading is avoided, especially aloud, and a task that was fine in a short burst becomes a fight at homework time. From the back of the room the board is soft, so the child copies a neighbour or waits for a sheet. Eyes are rubbed, particularly late in the school day.
Bring that description with you. It belongs in the history. A mild myopia and a focusing difficulty can look alike across a classroom, which is why we would rather measure than guess from the story alone. Ages five to fifteen are the range of this visit. A parent is in the room.
The photograph of reading on this page is a girl of about nine with the book held close. That posture is a reason to book. It is not yet a prescription. Dr. Tomas Reyes sorts out which cause is actually there.
How we test ages five to fifteen
games, not a reading test
The children’s vision exam is fifty minutes. It does not depend on a child being able to read rows of letters. Where reading is shaky, or not yet there, Dr. Tomas Reyes uses games and picture targets. The clinical questions are still covered: how the eyes focus, how the two eyes work together, and whether the eyes are healthy. The history comes from the parent. When did the book get close? What did the teacher say about the board? Are there headaches?
We explain the result to the adult in the room, and to the child in language that matches their age. First glasses, when they are needed, are fitted in the frame room by Ines Kowalczyk, with the parent there. A child is given time at the frame wall. The frame is part of wearing the prescription, and it can happen on the same afternoon when the frame room is free. When it is not, Hana Lindgren books a fitting of its own.
The fee for this exam is $95. It is the same fee in every after-school slot.
Myopia follow-up every six months
every six months
When we find myopia, the first pair is the start of the record. Follow-up is every six months. A follow-up check within six months of an exam at the clinic is twenty minutes and $40. We use that visit so a change is written against the last numbers, while the child is still wearing the prescription, rather than left until a later school screening.
Each return uses the same questions. The same distances. The same symptoms. A small shift is then visible. A front-row seat is sometimes part of the note to school. It is a seating suggestion so the board is usable while the glasses do their work. We say that plainly to parents, and we write it as a suggestion.
L., whose account is below, is on this six-month rhythm. Your child enters it only if myopia is what we measured. If the finding is different, the plan is different, and we will say what the next visit is for before you leave.
week 0, the frame wall
week 6, the front row
L., age nine
one account
L. is nine and in primary school. The history was board blur and skipped lines. On examination there was mild myopia of −1.25 in both eyes. The plan was a first pair of glasses, a front-row seat, and follow-up every six months.
The photographs with this account are the frame wall and the classroom. One shows a boy trying frames with a parent at the pale wood wall. The other shows a boy of that age reading the board in new glasses. Captions sit with the pair as a record of the kind of visit: first frames, then the board. L.’s measurement is −1.25 in both eyes. That figure is hers. It is not a prediction for the next child who skips a line.
This is an individual account. Results differ. We measured L., we fitted a first pair, and we booked the six-month check. A parent who recognises the signs can book the children’s exam and let the refraction speak for itself. The signs are a reason to come. The numbers are what we find in the room.
Fee and after-school slots
fee and slots
The children’s vision exam for ages five to fifteen is fifty minutes and $95. After-school slots are Monday to Friday, 15:30–18:30, and Saturday, 9:00–12:00. The clinic is otherwise open Monday to Friday 10:00–19:00 and Saturday 9:00–16:00, and it is closed on Sunday and public holidays. The children’s slots sit inside those hours. They are held for this exam, with Dr. Tomas Reyes.
Say your child’s age when you book, so Hana Lindgren can offer one of those slots rather than an adult visit in the same hour. Phone +1 555 0142 208 or email hello@hitomivision.example. Bring any glasses already worn. A school note about the board is useful if you have it. The book they actually read is useful too, because the distance we care about is the one they use, not a distance performed for a stranger.
Frames, if a first pair is needed, start at $160. Lenses are quoted after the exam.
Mon–Fri 10:00–19:00 · Sat 9:00–16:00 · Sun and public holidays closed