Schedule Eye Exams for you and your family today at Tamarind Optical!
📌 1102 Kings Road, Sydney River 902-564-5332
📌 219 Commercial St Glace Bay 902-842-3333
Eye Exams
Eye Exams are crucial to the eye health for you and your family! There is nothing that makes our lives better like healthy eyes. So to help keep them healthy, you should carry book a yearly eye exam that will catch any problems before they become major health issues. There is nothing that makes our lives better like healthy eyes.
Think about it! Basically every waking moment of the day you use your eyes for work, school, play, reading, well you get the point. The eyes are the windows to the soul as they say, and allow you to see the world around you. So to help keep them healthy, you should carry book a yearly eye exam that will catch any problems before they become major health issues.
The eye doctors at Tamarind Optical in Cape Breton now use what they call advanced diagnostics, which have all but replaced many of the older eye testing methods. The dedicated optometrists at Tamarind Optical take pride in making sure each and every patient has access to the best eye care in Cape Breton. They will make sure you eyes see their absolute best every day!
Comprehensive Eye Exams
A comprehensive eye exams are performed by a quality optometrist as part of your overall preventive health care. It is similar to a physical exam when to go to see a GP (general practitioner).
The comprehensive eye testing actually looks at the whole eye and visual system. Comprehensive eye exams may often detect eye disorders such as glaucoma, retinal detachments, cataracts, and macular degeneration. Other issues that an eye exam will pick up are problems such as diabetes and high blood pressure.
When you get your eyes tested, all of the test results together are used in the final analysis to determine just the right prescription lenses to treat your eye condition, if you have one. Also, recommendations for future eye care may be based on the history of eye health in your family and the current results of the eye examination.
Eye Exam Testing May Include Some of the Following Tests:
✓ Measurement of the visual acuity of each eye, individually and together, both with and without corrective lenses at distance and near.
✓ Diagnosis of the refractive status or prescription (focusing power of the eye) based on a combination of objective (measurements) and subjective (patient responses to questions) techniques.
✓ Binocular vision assessment (ability to see using both eyes together), as it relates to eye coordination, depth perception, and eye movements, or in some cases, eye-hand coordination.
✓ Colour vision evaluation
✓ Assessment of the health of the eye itself both inside and outside using a biomicroscope, ophthalmoscope and a dilated eye examination when indicated.
✓ A neurological assessment of the visual system including a review of the pupil reactions, ocular motility, and an assessment of the peripheral vision.
✓ Screening for glaucoma, including testing pressure inside the eye, looking inside the eye at the retina and optic nerve, as well as performing peripheral vision tests.
✓ Some other testing can include retinal photography, gonioscopy, corneal pachymetry, optic nerve or macular scans (OCT, GDx, HRT), ultrasound, contrast sensitivity, automated visual field testing
What to Expect During the Eye Exam
Eye doctors in Sydney and Glace Bay use a wide variety of tests and methods to examine your eyes. Most testing ranges from simple eye tests such as reading an eye chart, to more complex eye testing such as the use of a high powered lens to see the tiny structures deep inside of your eyes.
Everyone's eyes are unique so in some cases, besides performing these common tests, your local eye doctor may possibly recommend more specialized eye exams such as those done by retinal specialists, usually on a referral basis.
Common Tests Performed at the Optometrist:
✓ Visual acuity tests
✓ Color blindness test
✓ Cover test
✓ Ocular motility testing (eye movements)
✓ Stereopsis test (depth perception)
✓ Retinoscopy
✓ Refraction
✓ Autorefractors and aberrometers
✓ Slit lamp exam
✓ Glaucoma test (measuring the pressure inside your eyes)
✓ Pupil dilation
✓ Visual field test
A complete eye exam includes the measurement of the refractive conditions in the eye such as hyperopia, myopia, astigmatism and presbyopia. The optometrist will usually follow these eye tests with a binocular vision assessment which basically determines how your two eyes function together.
Schedule Eye Exams Today
If you are feeling unusual eye strain, blurriness, spots, or having trouble see your computer, book, or blackboard in school, it is time to have a regular eye exam at TAMARIND OPTICAL in Sydney and Glace Bay, Nova Scotia.
Tamarind Optical Services in Sydney and Glace Bay, offer a wide range of eye-related services including Eye Exams, Eye Screenings, Eye Treatment, Contact Lens Service, Prescription Glasses, and Prescription Sunglasses for men, women, and youth, not to mention seniors.
Now is the perfect time to schedule an eye exam for you and your family today at Tamarind Optical in Sydney 902-564-5332 and Glace Bay 902-842-3333!
Eye Exams, Eye Screenings, Eye Treatment, Contact Lens Service, Glasses, and Sunglasses for men, women, youth, and seniors
📌 1102 Kings Road, Sydney River 902-564-5332
📌 219 Commercial St Glace Bay 902-842-3333
Our Hours:
Monday – Friday: 9.00 AM – 5.00 PM