Keep a Closer Eye
on Healthy Vision
Many eye diseases develop unnoticed. An optometrist can detect the issues you can’t see before they affect your vision.
Lifelong Impact Starts with an Eye Exam
Children should get annual eye exams because many vision and eye health problems can develop without obvious symptoms. Young children often don’t realize that what they are seeing isn’t normal and parents may not notice a problem until it begins affecting learning, development, or overall health.
80%
of learning is visual for a child.
60%
of children who experience reading difficulties have an undiagnosed or untreated vision problem.
Healthy Vision is Essential to Healthy Aging
1 in 9
By age 65, 1 in 9 Canadians develop irreversible vision loss.
25%
of Canadians over 75 will experience irreversible vision loss.
Prompt Care Protects Your Eye Health
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Your Optometrist Will See You.
Optometrists provide comprehensive eye care including triage and management of ocular diseases. They examine the tissues and structures of the eye, checking for eye diseases, retinal detachments and tears, optic nerve disorders, tumours, and ocular complications from medical conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, or auto-immune disease. Since optometrists can view multiple tissue types non-invasively, they are often the first to detect signs of early systemic disease.
Without early detection and proper treatment, many eye diseases can cause unnecessary and permanent loss of vision.