Smart Vision Optometry: Thompson Larter

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Has your eyesight test left you feeling like you wanted something more? Did you feel like your vision needs have not quite been met? That is because an eyesight test is quite different to a comprehensive vision skills assessment. Most optometrists and ophthalmologists focus primarily on the functioning of the eye in terms of its health, optical blur and distance visual acuity. As Behavioural Optometrists, we go one step further in evaluating our patients' vision skills.

As well as performing the standard testing for short or far sightedness and astigmatism, we perform additional tests to determine our patients' functional and perceptual vision skills. Functional vision skills influence the ease with which we use our eyes and the length of time we can visually concentrate without fatigue, while perceptual vision skills influence how well we recognise, recall and process the information we are seeing or reading.

All children that come to our practice have their vision assessed so as to determine whether their vision skills are preventing them from performing to potential. Adults experiencing symptoms such as reduced concentration, eye fatigue, headaches, nausea and excessive tiredness towards the end of the day are very likely to be experiencing a vision problem, which can be diagnosed through a comprehensive visions skills assessment and successfully treated.