University of Waterloo School of Optometry - Clinic

Clinic

The School of Optometry is home to a unique clinic that combines practical experience with teaching and research. There are several areas to the clinic:

• Primary Care - routine eye exams, for the majority of people
• Binocular Vision - eye coordination and movement tests, for individuals with a "lazy eye" (amblyopia) or "turned eye" (strabismus)
• Contact Lenses - consultations, fittings, and check ups for contact lens wearers
• Electrodiagnostics - specialized tests of the electrical activity of the eyes and vision centre of the brain
• Ocular Health - specialized examination and treatment of eye diseases
• Optical Services and Dispensing - glasses frames selection, filling of eyewear prescriptions, and adjustments and repairs to glasses
• Paediatric and Special Needs - primary care for children too young to read, as well as those who are cognitively or physically challenged
• Low Vision - assessments of adults and children with visual impairments; provision of low vision devices (magnifiers, telescopes, CCTVs)