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Comprehensive Eye Exams in Langley
Get an eye exam in Langley from our experienced team of optometrists. You can count on us for thorough eye examinations. We use the right technique and equipment to assess the health of your eyes. You can depend on us for a range of eye care services such as:
What to Expect During Eye Exams with Our Optometrist
Are you concerned about your eye health? Do you want to enjoy excellent eyesight for many years to come? If so, you need to prevent eye problems before they start. When you visit us for an eye exam in Langley, we'll assess your eye health to evaluate your eyes and determine the best type of treatment for you.
At Langley Optometry Clinic, our friendly optometrists will carefully perform your eye examination. We identify a wide range of eye diseases and disorders. Early detection is crucial, so make sure you schedule routine eye exams.
These tests determine how good your eyesight is and whether you require corrective lenses. This information helps us determine what kind of treatment best fits your needs. Please keep in mind that vision screenings, like those done at driver's licence registries and by your family doctor, should not take the place of an in-depth eye exam. Those short screenings usually only test for blurred vision, muscle coordination and common diseases. A comprehensive eye exam with an optometrist investigates every aspect of your eyes’ health.
As you get older, it’s best not to skip your annual eye exams. Certain eye diseases and disorders only develop as you get older. Eye exams also provide valuable signals to your doctor about the state of your overall health. Eye exams reveal the subtle early symptoms of mental illnesses, brain tumours, aneurysms, diabetes, multiple sclerosis, high blood pressure, and Vitamin A deficiencies.
Eye Exams for Children
Eye examinations for children are also critical because they often don't even realize their vision is affected. Look out for squinting, frequent eye rubbing, sensitivity to light, poor hand-eye coordination, and holding reading materials too close to their eyes. Even if you don’t see symptoms, your young child may have a vision problem. Be sure to take your child for a routine medical check-up. The optometrists at Langley Optometry Clinic perform an expert assessment of your child’s eye health and vision care needs.
Why Are Children’s Eye Exams Important?
If a child has vision problems, it can affect their visual learning. There is a clear relationship between vision problems and school children's academic performance, which is why it is essential to correct these problems early on. Vision issues can also cause a threat to your child’s safety since they can become much more susceptible to accidents. Early detection of vision problems can help in correcting these faults that are crucial for optimal learning.
Children must excel in the following visual skills for optimal learning:
- Movement
- Focusing
- Eye teaming
- Visual acuity
You can take your child for an eye exam starting at an age as early as six months and then again at age three. We recommend a full examination every year after that. With an accurate eye exam in Langley, we can help you with an early diagnosis of your child’s vision issues along with solutions to correct the problems.
What to Expect in An Eye Exam?
Annual eye exams are a critical part of maintaining your eyesight. Visit our clinic when it's time for your eye exam, as we are easily accessible for Langley and Surrey residents. In about a half-hour, your optometrist checks for:
- Visual acuity and prescriptions
- Binocular function and depth perception
- Eye health—including checking for:
- Cataracts
- Glaucoma damage
- Retinal problems such as macular degeneration
- Allergies
Follow-Up Eye Examinations at Langley Optometry Clinic
Our optometrists cater to each follow-up examination according to a patient’s age and individual needs. We recommend people under 19 and over 65 years of age to have a yearly eye examination. People between the ages of 19 and 65 should have an eye exam at least once every two years.
Who Needs a Follow-Up Eye Exam?
People who require a follow-up evaluation include patients being treated for:
- Cataract
- Glaucoma
- Macular degeneration
- Diabetic and hypertensive retinopathy
- Dry-eye syndrome (determined by the severity and complications)
- Other retinal and ocular pathological conditions
Some patients suffering acute problems such as recurring conjunctivitis, iritis, blepharitis, episcleritis, chalazion, trichiasis, and hordeolum may require follow-up examinations depending on the severity.
It is important to note that diabetics should have a yearly examination to monitor for complications of diabetes, such as diabetic retinopathy. Contact Langley Optometry Clinic today to make an appointment or learn how often one should have a follow-up eye exam.
Pre and Post-Operative Care
Our optometrists offer pre and post-operative evaluations for people who have had corrective refractive eye surgery. We also provide our patients with follow-up examinations for post-cataract surgeries.
Laser refractive surgery can now correct most prescriptions, including myopia (near-sightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness), and astigmatism. It works best for people under the age of 45, as we often need reading glasses (presbyopia) when we reach our forties and single-vision laser correction does not correct for this. However, there is now a presbyopic laser treatment that may aid near and distance vision correction.
There are advantages and disadvantages to the procedures which vary for each individual; thus, it is best to discuss them with your optometrist. If you are interested in correcting your vision through surgical methods, our doctors will help you to understand all of the advantages and disadvantages of the currently accepted procedures. If we feel that you are a good candidate for vision-correcting surgery, we can perform all necessary pre-operative tests and provide you with the best follow-up care.
Schedule Your Appointment Today
At Langley Optometry Clinic, we’ve been treating Surrey and Langley-based patients for more than 30 years. Our optometrists treat a wide range of eye ailments, from allergic reactions to inflammations to infections. For more severe eyesight problems, we can provide post-operative care. We also offer the following products:
Before your appointment, please fill out our pre-examination form, and you can check to see if your extended benefits cover your examination. At the time of your appointment, please remember to bring your BC CareCard.
Thorough Eye Exam in Langley
We can perform complete eye exams in Langley to accurately identify and diagnose all kinds of visual faults.