As a parent, the most important thing to me is knowing that my son is healthy and that everything is okay. There have already been some scares in his short life, but thankfully nothing that we had to worry about for long. It just meant that we had to put him through more testing and blood work  than usual when he was just a few weeks old.

One thing that we haven’t had any further testing on is his vision. I didn’t think that there was anything out there that could test his vision, and I know that he wouldn’t be able to read the chart… next month maybe, but not quite yet. ;) I guess I thought wrong, because there is a test out there that can be done on infants as young as 6 months, and no they do not have to be little geniuses in order to take it. It’s called the Enfant pediatric vision test and it is a  non-invasive procedure that tests for visual deficits including amblyopia, optic nerve disorders and refractive errors in pre-verbal children, ages six months and older.

Here are some facts about the Enfant testing:

• It is the first and only pediatric vision test of its kind.
• The technology used is called Visual Evoked Potential (VEP) and it evaluates the child’s response to an external stimulus along the entire visual pathway from the lens to the visual cortex of the brain.
• It uses clinically proven, FDA approved technology.
• Provides immediate test results in a pass/fail format.
• There is no dilation or sedation of the patient required.
• It can be completed in five to seven minutes, contributing to a more than 90% test completion rate.
• Only 21% of children in the US have their vision screened before kindergarten.

I’m glad to hear that there is something like this out there. Ray wears glasses and I should wear them but don’t (so… I never replaced my last pair after they broke – oops!),  so it’s nice to know that we can have Noah’s vision tested starting at an early age. It also means that should he have any problems there is a greater chance for us to be able to have it corrected.

Is you would like to find out how and wher you can have your child’s vision tested or if you would just like to read more about the Enfant Pediatric VEP vision testing, then just go to www.enfantvision.com.

Thank you to MomSelect for letting me know about this.