Ann Thompson
Super-size for the Eyes!
Before writing anything about visual difficulties in Beijing, I wanted to double-check my facts with a professional. The Canadian optometrist I wrote to responded with the following:
“Neurologically the eyes do not finish developing until a child reaches 6 to 7 years old ... which means that the neural pathways are still developing until that time. The concern here is more with binocular vision rather than developing myopia. Both eyes have to see equally well and be used together so that there is equal development right and left eye. If one eye turns (strabismus) or one eye has a high refractive error that eye can become lazy (amblyopic).
