Eye Test Perth

An eye test at Ezekiel Eyes offers numerous benefits for maintaining your vision and overall eye health. Eyesight tests can determine if your prescription is still accurate, as changes in vision can occur over time due to aging and other factors. Regular eyesight examinations ensure that your glasses or contact lenses provide the best possible correction for your vision.

Beyond updating your prescription, an eye checkup can also reveal serious eye health conditions such as diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma, and macular degeneration. Early detection of these conditions is crucial for effective treatment and maintaining long-term eye health. Our experienced optometrists can even identify early warning signs of systemic health issues like hypertension.

Eye exams are a personalized process designed to evaluate your vision and overall eye health. A thorough assessment begins with an in-depth consultation where we ask about your eye health history, hereditary risk factors, and lifestyle vision needs.

A comprehensive eye checkup may consist of  several tests including visual acuity measurement of how well you see at various distances, and refraction assessments to determine your precise prescription. We also check eye muscle movements and visual fields to detect any issues like glaucoma or macular degeneration. A slit-lamp examination and retinal exam provide detailed views of the front and back of your eye to spot any serious conditions. Tonometry measures eye pressure for glaucoma detection, while OCT scans and corneal topography offer in-depth images of your eye’s structure, essential for accurate diagnosis and treatment.

Ezekiel Eyes can also conduct eye checkups to determine the suitability of patients for various types of contact lenses. A contact lens prescription is different to a spectacle prescription because more information is required to keep your eyes healthy. You will need a valid prescription in order to purchase soft contact lenses or rigid gas permeable (RGP) lenses.

Before committing to more advanced contact lenses like ortho-k (orthokeratology) lenses or scleral lenses, a thorough examination of the surface of your eye is essential. Ortho-k lenses are ideal for managing myopia, while scleral lenses are designed to address a range of conditions including keratoconus and severe dry eyes. Our eye tests can also determine whether you would be a good candidate for contact lenses to manage astigmatism.

At Ezekiel Eyes, we have extensive experience in paediatric eye exams designed to cater to the unique needs of children. These exams are different from adult eye checkups as they focus on the developmental stages of a child’s vision and the early detection of issues that can impact learning and development.

Our paediatric eye exams include tests like the fixation and following test, pupil response test, and preferential looking test for infants. For older children, we use LEA symbols or picture charts, cover-uncover tests, and color vision tests. These children-specific eye tests help identify conditions such as lazy eye (amblyopia), crossed eyes (strabismus), and refractive errors early on, allowing for timely and effective treatment.

Watch the following message from the Owner and Principal Optometrist of Ezekiel Eyes to learn more about our Perth optometry practice, here in Nedlands, W.A.