To be honest, I was frightened to call Dr. Knueppel.  We regularly chat about vision problems, and today, I had one affecting me:  I was wondering if my big screen TV was giving me eyestrain.

August is National Children's Vision and Learning Month, and we hope that one of the results of raised public awareness is that parents will take their children in for a Functional Vision Test.  However, many parents may think that typical vision screening tests will address their needs.  Unfortunately, that’s not the case.

August is Vision and Learning Month, and to help drive home the important link between vision and learning, here are some quotes we picked up from the website of the College of Optometrists in Vision Development.  We included a few of our reactions with them:

Just this past week, my wife told me that one of her school’s classrooms will become an entirely iPad-based classroom.  I’m sure this is going to be extremely exciting for the kids, but parents and educators need to be aware of how important reducing computer eye strain will be for a new generation.

You could say we’re in the record-breaking spirit this Olympic year.  The Vision Therapy Center’s  recent volunteer efforts at the 2012 State Summer Games at UW-Stevens Point was a tremendous success.

Vision problems frequently manifest in sports, and no sport may serve as a better indicator than baseball.  Our national pastime can actually help you spot a potential vision issue with your child.

In part 1 of “Opthalmologist vs. Optometrist:  Confusion Beyond the Spelling”, we made light of the misspelling of the title of the post – a misspelling that according to our keyword search occurs nearly 1,400 times a month.

As you may or may not realize, the word “ophthalmologist” is misspelled in the title of this article.  We did this purposely, after noting in a keyword search that every month nearly 1,400 people enter this misspelled term “opthalmologist vs optometrist” as they search for information on ophthalmology.

A story recently broke in Time.com that The Lancet journal reported that up to 90% of young adults in major Eastern countries, which include China, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea are myopic. The main culprits are believed to be an overload of near work and a lack of sunlight, which poses the big question:  Are US children far behind?