Q & A
1. Are there any risks in the screening procedure?
The vision-screening procedure is safe and noninvasive. No device comes in contact with your child. No eye drops and no puff of air are used. The volunteer Lion holds the device about fourteen (14) inches away from your child, using the screening device like a camera with blinking lights that. The procedure is comfortable for your child and convenient for you.
2. How reliable is the screening process?
The technique is approximately 85- 90% effective in detecting problems that may lead to Amblyopia. It is more reliable than the standard tests a pediatrician performs for a young child. Children under five (5) cannot reliably read an eye chart. This is a screening procedure and does not substitute for a complete eye exam.
3. What if I don’t take my child to an eye doctor after he or she is referred?
If a child is referred, and not examined by a doctor, the problem may cause permanent vision loss in your child. These problems are often easily corrected if caught at an early age, but if left untreated they become both more serious and much more difficult to treat. The earlier the better!
4. How much will this cost me?
The screening is free. In the referral packets you will receive a list of the various Insurance plans that the doctors accept. If you cannot pay, and your child is not eligible for Medicare or other insurance, your local Lions Club may be able to help you. Also, note that if these vision problems are left untreated now, they may be much more expensive to treat in the future.
5. What do you, as a Lion stand to gain from this/What’s in this for the Lions?
The only thing that we stand to gain from this is the satisfaction of seeing your child get any help needed. We are not making money from this in any way.
6. Will the evaluation form or results be shared with insurance companies?
No. All results collected by Lions SEE Program at the Ira G. Ross Eye Institute are kept strictly confidential.
The vision-screening procedure is safe and noninvasive. No device comes in contact with your child. No eye drops and no puff of air are used. The volunteer Lion holds the device about fourteen (14) inches away from your child, using the screening device like a camera with blinking lights that. The procedure is comfortable for your child and convenient for you.
2. How reliable is the screening process?
The technique is approximately 85- 90% effective in detecting problems that may lead to Amblyopia. It is more reliable than the standard tests a pediatrician performs for a young child. Children under five (5) cannot reliably read an eye chart. This is a screening procedure and does not substitute for a complete eye exam.
3. What if I don’t take my child to an eye doctor after he or she is referred?
If a child is referred, and not examined by a doctor, the problem may cause permanent vision loss in your child. These problems are often easily corrected if caught at an early age, but if left untreated they become both more serious and much more difficult to treat. The earlier the better!
4. How much will this cost me?
The screening is free. In the referral packets you will receive a list of the various Insurance plans that the doctors accept. If you cannot pay, and your child is not eligible for Medicare or other insurance, your local Lions Club may be able to help you. Also, note that if these vision problems are left untreated now, they may be much more expensive to treat in the future.
5. What do you, as a Lion stand to gain from this/What’s in this for the Lions?
The only thing that we stand to gain from this is the satisfaction of seeing your child get any help needed. We are not making money from this in any way.
6. Will the evaluation form or results be shared with insurance companies?
No. All results collected by Lions SEE Program at the Ira G. Ross Eye Institute are kept strictly confidential.
