- Reddened eyes or lids
- Eyes tear often
- Blinks, squints, rubs eyes
Complaints When Using Eyes:
- Eyes hurt/tired
- Eyestrain
- Sensitive to light
Visual fatigue- Blur
- Double vision
Reading Status:- Fatigues easily
- Loses place often
- Needs finger to keep place
- Omits words, endings
- Re-reads a lot
- Reduced reading speed
- Skips lines
- Decrease in sight words
- Confuses similar words
- Reduced comprehension
Writing Skills:- Avoids desk work
- Slow/laborious
- Dislikes writing
- Writes uphill or downhill
- Omits letters, numbers or phrases
- Misaligns math problems
- Reduced copying from board
- Writing poorly spaced/messy
- Unable to stay on ruled line
- Size of print varies a lot
Other Problems:
- Attention issues
- Motion sickness
- Reduced eye-hand coordination
- Poor balance/clumsy
- Avoids ball sports
- Inconsistent in sports
- Discomfort with 3D movies
If you find yourself checking many of these items, then you should schedule a comprehensive developmental visual examination as soon as possible.
We look forward to helping you on your way to improved vision!