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Information on this page is not intended as medical advice. Concern’s about your child’s vision should be addressed with a qualified health care professional.

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From lazy eye to cross eyes, a number of different vision issues can affect a child’s ability to learn in school. Learn more about vision problems that can occur in children and the different types of treatments available.

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Nearsighted or able to see better when things are close up rather than far away

  • Learning Issues: May have problems seeing a blackboard from their seat.
  • Prevalence: Occurs in ~ 9% of children aged 5-17.
  • Treatment: Eyeglasses

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Farsighted or able to see better when things are far away rather than up close up

  • Learning Issues: May need to hold a book far away in order to see the words clearly.
  • Prevalence: Occurs in ~ 13% of children aged 5-17.
  • Treatment: Eyeglasses

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Loss of vision in one or both eyes despite no physical or structural eye problems. Also known as “lazy eye”

  • Learning Issues: May need to physically move head or body in order to see everything in the visual field.
  • Prevalence: Occurs in ~ 3% of people.
  • Treatment: Patching the good eye

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Inability to keep both eyes working together (called binocular function) on near distance tasks

  • Learning Issues: Double vision and/or headaches while reading. May complain of words becoming blurry. Or, student will close one eye while reading a book or at the computer.
  • Prevalence: Occurs in less than 5% of people. Rarely seen in children under the age of 10.
  • Treatment: Orthoptic vision therapy

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Misalignment of the eyes

  • Esotropia: Turning in of one or both eyes. Also known as “cross eyed”. It is important to have a child examined for esotropia, as this condition may be caused by any number of issues, including diabetes, hyperthyroidism, stroke, or a neurological or genetic condition.
  • Exotropia: Turning out of one or both eyes.
  • Prevalence: Occurs in ~ 4% of people.
  • Learning Issues: May cause double vision (diplopia), which may be described as letters moving on the page
  • Treatment: Depends upon the severity but may include patching the good eye; using eyeglasses, orthoptics vision therapy, or surgery

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Rapid and involuntary movement of the eyes, either side-to-side, up-down, or in circles

  • Learning Issues: Reading is a tiresome activity and may be avoided
  • Prevalence:
  • Treatment: May include surgery

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Last modified on April 15, 2026