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Blog posts in "Eye Exams"

Child covering one eye during a functional eye exam, smiling with excitement, eye chart in background, highlighting vision care and eye health.

June 13, 2025

Functional Eye Exam in Victoria: The 17 Visual Skills That Could Be Holding Your Child Back

As a parent, you do everything you can to support your child’s development—physically, emotionally, and academically. But what if your…

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Aerial view of Nanaimo showcasing the coastal landscape, residential areas, and water, emphasizing the connection to vision therapy and eye care services offered by Opto-Mization Optometry.

May 29, 2025

Vision Therapy in Nanaimo: How Opto-Mization Is Changing Lives Through Functional Vision Care

When you hear the term “eye doctor,” you might immediately think of glasses, contact lenses, or a standard eye chart.…

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Three children reading together on a carpet, engaged in a book, highlighting the importance of functional vision care for reading skills in Nanaimo.

May 21, 2025

Help with Reading Problems in Nanaimo: What Functional Vision Care Can Reveal

When a child struggles with reading, the first assumptions are often academic or behavioural, perhaps it’s a learning disability, ADHD,…

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Children standing outdoors, boy in green shirt and girl in red coat, illustrating themes of vision and observation in optometry context.

March 9, 2024

Why a Functional Vision Exam Matters

A basic vision screening is just that, basic. It takes a functional vision exam to really understand how well a…

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Smiling child in a winter hat holding a sports ball, representing the importance of functional vision skills for learning and sports success.

March 9, 2024

Why Vision Screening is Not Enough

Did you know that your child needs to master 17 different visual skills to succeed in reading, learning and sports?…

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Child in classroom focusing on schoolwork, with teacher assisting students in background, highlighting importance of vision in learning and eye health.

March 9, 2024

The 17 Visual Skills Assessed During Your Child’s Functional Eye Exam

Beginning in childhood, general eye exams may detect if a patient has amblyopia (lazy eye), strabismus (crossed eyes), myopia (nearsightedness),…

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