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Lions offering KidSight screenings

NEW ULM — The Lions Club of New Ulm will be offering KidSight screenings at the Home and Health Show at the New Ulm Civic Center on March 31 and April 1.

Lions KidSight USA screenings are totally free to the schools, parents and organizations at which the screenings are performed. Simple “pass” or “refer” results are instantly available and shared with the parents and agency at which the screenings are performed. Since screening is just a tool to identify children who need a professional eye exam, follow up with the family to see if any assistance in obtaining an appointment with an eye care professional is needed.

According to educational experts, 80% of learning is visual. If children can’t see well, they will have more difficulty learning. One of the primary threats to young children’s vision has always been ‘lazy eye’ — a layperson’s term for Amblyopia.

Amblyopia and its related issues need to be detected by age 6 in order to have the best chance of being corrected through proven therapeutic approaches, such as short-term patching, through the use of prescription eyeglasses, or, possibly surgery. To put the size of the challenge in some context, up to 5% of all children will have some degree of amblyopia, and up to 30% of all young people will eventually develop poor vision that will require prescription eyewear.

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