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Catch Vision Problems Early With Regular Eye Exams Catch Vision Problems Early With Regular Eye Exams
Catch Vision Problems Early With Regular Eye Exams Between seeing the chalkboard in class and playing sports or enjoying other after school activities, the beginning of the school year offers the perfect time for an annual eye exam to ensure vision is clear and focused. While pediatricians and schools often do eye screening exams, a visit to an eye specialist— an ophthalmologist or optometrist — is important to catch problems that a simple screening may miss, said Dr. Andrew Spinak, of Spinak Medical Eye Center in Pearl River and Stony Point, N.Y and attending physician at Montefiore Nyack Hospital. A comprehensive exam involves the use of …