Vision Quiz
Quick Quiz
If I have 20/20 vision, I can't have a vision problem. True or False? False. Being able to read the 20/20 line on the eye chart does not tell you everything you need to know about healthy vision. For example, it does not tell you whether or not vision in one eye is suppressed or less efficient or whether there are problems with visual processing.
Does your child complain of:
- Only being able to read for short periods of time?
- Burning or itching eyes?
- Headaches in forehead or temples?
- Nausea or dizziness?
- Motion sickness?
- Double vision?
- Becomes quickly fatigued?
- Has posture problems?
- Rubs eyes frequently?
- Squints or blinks excessively?
- Frequently loses one's place when reading or copying from the board or paper?
- Frequently skips words and/or has to re-read?
- Repeatedly omits small words?
- Vision becomes blurry?
- Uses finger to read?
- Holds the book or object unusually close?
- Closes one eye or covers eye with hand?
- Twists or tilts head toward book or papers, etc.?Moves head back and forth (instead of moving eyes)?
- Struggles with handwriting?
- Becomes quickly fatigued?
- Has posture problems?
- Rubs eyes frequently?
- Squints or blinks excessively?
- Frequently loses one's place when reading or copying from the board or paper?
- Frequently skips words and/or has to re-read?
- Repeatedly omits small words?
- Vision becomes blurry?
- Uses finger to read?
- Holds the book or object unusually close?
- Closes one eye or covers eye with hand?
- Twists or tilts head toward book or papers, etc.?
- Moves head back and forth (instead of moving eyes)?
- Struggles with handwriting?
- Has posture problems?
- Rubs eyes frequently?
- Squints or blinks excessively?
- Frequently loses one's place when reading or copying from the board or paper?
- Frequently skips words and/or has to re-read?
- Repeatedly omits small words?
- Vision becomes blurry?
- Uses finger to read?
- Holds the book or object unusually close?
- Closes one eye or covers eye with hand?
- Twists or tilts head toward book or papers, etc.?
- Moves head back and forth (instead of moving eyes)?
- Struggles with handwriting?
Vision is learned. True or False? True. Research at the Gesell Institute tells us that children are not born with "normal" vision - they must learn to see.
All children are ready to read at age six. True or False? False. Visual abilities develop as a child matures. The child who develops slowly may not have the visual skills to read at six.
Eyesight is hereditary. You can't do anything about it. True or False? False. Environmental demands (reading, VDT's, TV) can create stressful situations which may alter vision in healthy eyes. Also, developmental vision problems can be significantly altered by environmental factors.
Visual problems can affect a person's self-esteem and hinder success. True or False? True. A person may have the intelligence to succeed, but without the proper visual skills needed for comprehension and learning, he will experience repeated failure, leading to lack of self-esteem.
Surgery is the only way to correct strabismus (a turned eye) True or False? False. Vision therapy can go beyond making eyes look straight. The person can regain the use of the two eyes together as a team and develop depth perception. Surgery is generally a cosmetic cure.
Amblyopia (lazy eye) cannot be corrected after age seven. True or False? False. Neurophysiologists have proven that, in most cases, there is no critical age for amblyopia. Vision improvement can be gained at any age. However, delaying therapy may increase the amount of therapy needed.
Do the Checklist
Do the Checklist
- If you check off several items, a comprehensive eye exam is recommended.
- Do you observe the following behavior(s) in yourself or your child?
- While reading or doing close work, do you notice any of the following in yourself or your child?
More Quizzes and Checklists
- Preschool Visual Development A detailed checklist for parents of preschool children. What are the normal stages and ages for visual development? Is your child's vision developing normally?
- Vision and Learning Disabilities A short checklist for parents with information on LDs and vision from the American Optometric Association.
- Vision-related Learning Problems A vision screening quiz for parents and teachers. This multiple choice quiz gives a numerical score with recommendations.
- One eye turns, drifts or aims in a different direction than the other eye? Crossed eye? Wandering eye? (Look carefully -- this can be subtle. This is significant even if it only happens occasionally, such as when person is tired, stressed or ill).
- Frequent squinting or closing of one eye?
- Excessive blinking or squinting?
- Poor visual/motor skills (often called,"hand-eye coordination")?
- Problems moving in space, frequently bumps into things or drops things?
- Repeatedly confuses left and right directions?
- Appears to favor the use of one eye?
- Turns or tilts head in order to use one eye?
- Posture problems? Head is frequently tilted to one side or one shoulder is obviously higher?