Eye exams for children and adults
A full look at how well you see and how healthy your eyes are.
A comprehensive exam checks your vision and the health of the front and back of each eye. It finds changes in prescription, and it can find signs of eye and general health conditions that need a doctor's care. The doctor explains what was seen and what is not known.
For nearsighted children and teens, the exam adds the measurements of the visit log.
What happens at the visit
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Step 1: History
Your health, your family's eye health and how you use your eyes.
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Step 2: Vision and prescription
Reading the chart, then the lens choices that make it clearest.
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Step 3: Eye health
A look inside and out, with drops if the doctor needs a wider view.
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Step 4: What we found
The doctor explains the results and what to do next, and gives you a copy of your prescription.
- Sudden vision loss, flashes of light, a curtain over your vision, a chemical splash or an eye injury needs care now. Call our office right away or go to an emergency room. If you can't reach us, call 911.
Billing and what to bring
Vision plan
A routine exam, with a prescription for glasses or contact lenses, is billed to a vision plan.
Medical insurance
A visit for an eye problem, an eye disease check or a follow-up is billed to medical insurance. A visit can have both.
Bring with you
Your current glasses and contact lenses
Vision plan and medical insurance cards
A list of medicines you take
The doctors who do this
About the exam
How often should I have an exam?
Many adults need one every year or two, and children whose vision is changing need one more often. The doctor sets the schedule with you.
Do I need an exam if I see fine?
Some eye conditions cause no symptoms early on, so the exam also checks eye health.
How much will this cost?
It depends on the visit and on your plan. How fees work explains which part a vision plan pays, which part medical insurance pays and what you pay yourself, and we give a written estimate in advance.
Book an eye exam
Children, teens and adults.