InfantSee

InfantSee: No Cost Exams for Infants 6-12 mos of Age

• Infants should receive a comprehensive baseline eye exam between the ages of 6 and 12 months, immediately after the critical period when the eye undergoes rapid and profound changes and is therefore most vulnerable to interference with normal development.
  
  

• We feel so strongly about the importance of healthy vision that participating member optometrists will provide a no cost comprehensive infant eye and vision assessment within the first year of life.
  
  

• InfantSEE, developed by the American Optometric Association and Johnson & Johnson Vision, is a public health program designed to ensure that eye and vision care become an integral part of infant wellness care to improve a child’s quality of life.
  
  

• InfantSEE is comprised of nearly 4,000 doctors of optometry volunteering their services across the country.
  
  

• Over 140,000 infants have received comprehensive eye assessments since the inception of the program in 2005.
  
  

• 1 in 5 preschoolers have vision problems, and by the time they enter school, 25% will need or wear corrective lenses
  
  

• School screenings provide fewer than 4% of the eye tests needed to help children see and miss up to 75% of children with vision problems. Of the children found to have eye problems through screening, 61% never visit the doctor and get help.
  
  

• As a registered provider through the InfantSEE program, I offer a no-cost examination to infants between the ages of 6-12 months. If any follow-up care or treatment is needed, I will make those recommendations to the parents and they can seek that care with the provider of their choice. Program details are available at www.infantsee.org. For your convenience a printable Medical History Form is available is available at this link ... Confidential Infant History.