New Online Vision Assessment Tool Helps Alert Parents to Potential Eye Problems in Children

New Online Vision Assessment Tool Helps Alert Parents to Potential Eye Problems in Children

Online Vision Quiz Highlights the Subtle Signs of Vision Problems in Children as Young as Six Months of Age

Pine Brook, N.J. (PRWEB) June 25 -- According to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), vision disorders are the fourth most common disability among children in the United States, yet many vision problems can take years to detect, making treatment more difficult as vital time passes. In an effort to shed light on some of the more subtle warning signs of vision problems in young children, Diopsys, Inc., developer and marketer of the EnfantTM Pediatric VEP Vision Testing System, has created an online vision assessment quiz at www.freevisionquiz.com.

The physician-reviewed, informational quiz, which takes only a few minutes to complete, is comprised of multiple-choice questions covering several areas that can "red flag" signs of a potential vision problem in children of various ages, including such actions as the inability to make steady eye contact, or involuntarily covering one eye to see something better.

According to Sean Donahue, MD, PhD, Chief of Pediatric Ophthalmology at the Vanderbilt Eye Institute at the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, this vision quiz can help make parents aware of behaviors and other quiet indicators of vision issues.

"Vision problems can often slip by parents - especially with children who have not yet entered school - because kids born with vision deficits don't really recognize that they aren't seeing well," says Dr. Donahue. "Many parents are surprised to learn that their child is having trouble seeing without them realizing it."

The new quiz does not take the place of a professional vision examination, but it is there to create awareness of a silent problem.

"Children should have routine vision screenings starting at six months of age, according to AAP (http://www.aap.org/) recommendations," adds Dr. Donahue.

The quiz was developed by the vision experts at Diopsys, Inc (http://www.diopsys.com/)., a medical instrumentation company dedicated to delivering high-quality, cost-effective preventative health care. The company specializes in the development and marketing of patient-friendly, non-invasive diagnostic vision testing equipment utilizing Evoked Potential technology. One such device is the EnfantTM Pediatric VEP Vision Testing System, which can test children as young as six months of age for vision problems like amblyopia. It is available in select pediatric practices nationwide.

For additional information about the Enfant, the importance of early vision testing, and to see if a pediatrician in your area offers the test, visit www.enfantvision.com. To fill out the new online vision assessment to see if your child's behavior may indicate a problem, visit www.freevisionquiz.com.

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Contact Information Christina Occhipinti

Diopsys

http://www.diopsys.com/

914-241-0086