Spot™ Vision Screener
Fast and efficient vision screening from 6 months of age
The Welch Allyn® Spot Vision Screener technology is changing the way routine vision screening is done.
Screen and detect six Amblyopic risk factors in children as young as 6 months
Myopia | Hyperopia | Astigmatism | Anisometropia | Strabismus | Aniscoria
1 out of 5 Children has a Vision Issue!
Vision disability is the single most prevalent disabling condition among children.1
Failing to detect and treat vision disorders in children may lead to partial or full blindness and may result in issues with child development, academic achievement, self-esteem, social-emotional behavior and juvenile delinquency.2
See how the Spot Vision Screener can help identify and reduce some of the leading causes of vision disorders in children.
Elise's Story: The Importance of Vision Screening in Preschool-age Children
“If she would have never had a screening, I would never know, we, would never know that there was anything was wrong with her eyes until it was extremely too late to save them. Now, she still has a chance to be you know, anything she wants to be”
– Elise’s Mom
Jackson's Story: The Importance of Vision Screening in Preschool-age Children
“Pediatric vision screening is important especially in preschool children. If we find a problem, we can treat it. Once a child is 7 years old or so those neural pathways are locked in and they lose the ability to develop 20/20 vision”
– Dr. Virginia Lolley, Comprehensive Ophthalmology Specialist
Jaxson's Story: The Importance of Vision Screening in Preschool-age Children
“It’s amazing how they can tell by a picture and the kid doesn’t have to read from an eye graph or anything, just by a picture”
– Jaxson’s Mom
Simplified and comprehensive vision screening with Spot™ Vision Screener
With Spot, factors like patient age and cooperation have less of an impact on the results.
Reduce the time to screen vision from minutes to seconds
Reduce the time to screen vision from minutes to seconds
Accurate Screenings
Improve Outcomes
Traditional Method Among 3 Year Olds
Spot™ Device Method Among 3 Year Olds
The Spot Vision Screener is a handheld, portable device designed to help users quickly and easily detect vision issues on patients from 6 months of age through adult.
Spot screens both eyes at once from a non-threatening 3-foot distance. The touchscreen display allows for one-touch activation, simple management of patient data entry and easy configuration for vision screening applications.
Features
- Easy to use, easy to implement with minimal user training required
- Adequately powered for mass screening events
- Captures readings 97% of the time, helping to screen otherwise difficult patients
- Wireless printing and WiFi-enabled for easy export of data
- Manual exports available via USB port
- Uses lights and sounds to help engage children
- Automated screening provides thorough, objective and easy-to-understand results
Spot accurately detects the potential indication of these common vision problems
Refractive Errors
- Myopia (near-sightedness)
- Hyperopia (far-sightedness)
- Astigmatism (blurred vision)
Amblyopic precursors
- Anisometropia (unequal refractive power)
- Strabismus (eye misalignment)
Pupil abnormalities
- Anisocoria (pupil size deviations)
Clinically shown to be more efficient
Evidence shows that using the Spot Vision Screener can help to dramatically reduce the time required to vision compared to traditional screening tools.
Welch Allyn Spot Vision Screener
The Spot Vision screener can capture images of the eye in a second which allows it to work on even hyperactive children.
More reference materials to get to know Spot Vision Screener:
Spot™ Vision Screener offers clear benefits to healthcare providers
The technology helps provide consistent care for all patients
Improves practice efficiency by eliminating the challenges associated with normal vision screening in young patients as well as in developmentally disabled patients
- Improve outcomes
- Allows for more accurate referrals
- Facilitates better patient education
Request a Free Trial of the Spot™ Vision Screener
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References
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Improving the Nations' Vision Health: A Comprehensive Public Helth Approach. http://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/pdf/improving _nations_vision_health.pdf
- Zaba, Joel N., M.A., O.D., "Children's Vision Care in the 21st Century and its impact on Education, Literacy. Social Issues and the Workplace: A Call to Action," Sept. 2008.