Originally Posted by
wpt
My mistake I guess...but based on our surveys, the pediatricians do not do even these tests at well kid visits. Besides, they aren't that good. The randot e test will pick up strabismus usually, but requires a kid cooperating (age 4 and above).
Parents may rely on pediatricians for this, but the pediatricians state that they rely on the parents to pick up any gross misalignment...which is ok if it is truly bad >6 degrees. But mild misalignment is not picked up till late in the game and it gets progressively more difficult to fix as the kid ages. Best time to fix it is before all the patterning is done in the visual cortex (ages 1-6).
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