Dr. Emanuele Tomaini | Dr. Wayne King
Your Ripley Eye Doctor
(519) 396-4230
316 Lambton St.
Kincardine,ON N2Z 2Y1
Dr. Emanuele Tomiani and Dr. Wayne King and the eye care team at Kincardine Family Eyecare will make sure you receive the highest quality vision care. Our optometry clinic located in Kincardine is convenient to the neighboring Ripley and Tiverton areas. We look forward to taking care of all your eye care needs:
- Comprehensive Eye Exams by an expert eye doctor in Kincardine
- Contact Lens exams, fittings and recommendations
- Diagnosis and treatment of eye diseases and conditions such as eye infections, and dry eyes
- Low Vision services
- Pediatric eye care
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Our Ripley area Eye Doctor together with our eye exam team is committed to providing every one of our patients with the highest-quality and most comprehensive vision and eyecare in Kincardine, ON. Sight is your most precious sense – and we intend to keep it that way.
Is Your Child’s Eye Exam on Your Back to School Checklist?
Your child’s vision is crucial to his or her overall health. As education becomes increasingly digital, students are switching from whiteboards to computer screens to mobile devices to books, all in the course of a school day.
Making sure their vision is clear and consistent as they learn
is important for long-term development.
Looking for an Eye Doctor near Ripley?
If you live in the Ripley area and have a question about one of these services or any other vision-related matter, please contact one of our eye doctors who will be happy to discuss it with you. All eye care services, such as eye exams, are provided from Dr. Emanuele Tomiani and Dr. Wayne King ‘s Eye Clinic, Kincardine Family EyeCare, conveniently located in Kincardine.
Eye Exams for Ripley
No matter what of your age or physical health, it’s very important to have regular eye exams at Kincardine Family Eye Care. During a thorough eye exam, your eye doctor will not only determine your prescription for eyeglasses or contact lenses, but will also check your eyes for common eye diseases, assess how your eyes work together as a team and evaluate your eyes as an indicator of your overall health.
A detailed eye exam includes:
- A number of tests and procedures to examine and evaluate the health of your eyes and the quality of your vision. These tests range from simple ones, like having you read an eye chart, to complex tests, such as using a high-powered lens to examine the health of the tissues inside of your eyes.
- Finding the right prescription to help you see clearly.
- Consultation about the right eyewear choice for you. This includes contact lenses, different types of eyeglasses, lens treatments and many other options offered to our Ripley patients.
Eyecare experts advise you have a total eye exam every one to three years, depending on your age, risk factors, and physical condition.
Eye Care for Children
Some experts approximate that approximately 5 % to 10 % of pre-schoolers and 25 % of school-aged children have vision problems. According to the American Optometric Association (AOA), all children should have their eyes examined at 6 months of age, at age 3 and again at the beginning of school.Children without vision problems or risk factors for eye or vision problems should then proceed with to have their eyes examined at the very least, every two years throughout school.Children with existing vision problems or risk factors should have their eyes examined more frequently.
Common risk factors for vision problems include:
- premature birth
- developmental delays
- turned or crossed eyes
- family history of eye disease
- history of eye injury
- other physical illness or disease
The AOA strongly recommends that Ripley children who wear eyeglasses or contact lenses should have their eyes examined at the very least every 12 months or according to their eye doctor’s instructions. Read additional about Pediatric Eye Exams.
Eye Exams for Adults
We also recommend an annual eye exam for any adult who wears eyeglasses or contacts. If you don’t normally need vision correction, you still need an eye exam every two to three years up to the age of 40, depending on your rate of visual change and overall health. Doctors often recommend more frequent examinations for adults with diabetes, high blood pressure and other disorders, because many diseases can have an effect on vision and eye health.
If you are over 40, it’s a good strategy to have your eyes examined every one to two years to assess for common age-related eye problems such as presbyopia, cataracts and macular degeneration.
Because the risk of eye disease continues to increase with advancing age, everyone over the age of 60 should be examined annually.