Children who have
uncorrected vision or hearing problems, who are ill or malnourished, who don't sleep at night because of fear or hurt, or who have parents too preoccupied with their own problems to pay attention to them, will struggle with learning to read no matter how good the teacher.
May 15, 2018 • Up to 16 million people in the U.S. have undiagnosed or
uncorrected vision errors that could be helped by glasses, contact lenses or surgery.
The World Health Organization estimates that 153 million people globally have
uncorrected vision.
Uncorrected vision keeps people out of work and education; only cataracts cause more preventable blindness.
Compared with peers in the cities, rural kids have higher rates of malnutrition,
uncorrected vision problems, and intestinal parasites.
Not exact matches
«Undiagnosed and
uncorrected eye and
vision problems are a significant public health concern, which is why the AOA developed the evidence - based guideline for comprehensive pediatric eye and
vision examinations,» said Christopher Quinn, O.D., president of the AOA.
How to drum up publicity for a campaign to tackle
uncorrected poor
vision, which affects 900 million Commonwealth citizens who do not have access to glasses?
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Uncorrected refractive error continues as the leading cause of
vision impairment and the second leading cause of blindness worldwide,» according to the article by Kovin Naidoo, OD, PhD, of Brien Holden Vision Institute, Durban, South Africa, and colle
vision impairment and the second leading cause of blindness worldwide,» according to the article by Kovin Naidoo, OD, PhD, of Brien Holden
Vision Institute, Durban, South Africa, and colle
Vision Institute, Durban, South Africa, and colleagues.