Children’s Eye Exams in Chevy Chase & Washington, D.C.

Your Child’s Future Is Bright

Let’s keep your child’s future clear, too. Vision is a key factor in your child’s development and success. It’s essential for parents and caregivers to make sure their child’s eyes are seeing their clearest.

An annual comprehensive eye exam is the best way to protect your child’s vision.

Book your child’s next eye exam today.

What Happens During a Child’s Eye Exam?

Your child’s eye exam will include several tests, including tests for:

• Color Blindness: During your child’s first exam with us, we will test them for conditions that cause color blindness.
• Visual Acuity: This test allows your child’s optometrist to check the sharpness of their near and distance vision.
• Ocular Mobility: This test tracks how well your child’s eyes move.
• Visual Field: This test is used to determine how good your child’s peripheral vision is and how wide their visual field is.
• Auto-Refraction: This test is used to give us a starting point for your child’s refraction test, narrowing down their prescription before we fine-tune it.
• Refraction: This test is used to fine-tune your child’s prescription and uses a phoropter.
• Depth Perception: During the exam, we will also test how well your child can perceive 3-dimensional objects.
• Eye Pressure: High eye pressure could indicate that your child is suffering from glaucoma, so as part of each exam, we test the internal pressure of the eye.
• Slit Exam: This exam allows us to examine your child’s cornea, iris, lens, retina, and optic nerve and look for signs of eye disease.