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Article: Correcting poor vision boosts preschoolers' performance.(Clinical Rounds)
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- Pediatric News
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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Preschoolers with uncorrected vision problems performed at lower than normal levels on visual-motor function tests that are indicative of success in school performance, but their scores on those tests improved within 6 weeks of receiving prescription glasses to correct their vision, results from a controlled study demonstrated.
The study, conducted by researchers from the University of California, San Diego, followed 70 children (aged 3-5 years) from low-income families who were seen by clinicians on the university's mobile eye clinic, which serves preschoolers who attend federally funded Head Start programs and the state-funded ...