Eyecare for Children

Comprehensive eye examinations, combining state-of-the-art technology, decades of experience, and a personal touch.

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Caring for your children's eyes

We recommend bringing your child in to have their first eye examination around their 4th birthday, however, there is no minimum age to eye tests.

Children often cannot identify a problem with their vision or eye health, so if you are concerned then do come in to see us. Our kid's eye tests are friendly, fun and relaxed. We thoroughly examine their vision, eye health and development. It doesn’t matter whether your child can read yet as our qualified team has a range of tests available using pictures, symbols and numbers to assess the vision of children from a very young age.

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Common Vision Problems in Children

If you notice any of these signs or have concerns about your child’s vision, booking an eye examination is essential for early diagnosis and treatment.

Squints (Strabismus)

A misalignment of the eyes, where one or both may turn inward, outward, or upward.

Lazy Eye (Amblyopia)

A condition where one eye is weaker than the other, often caused by strabismus or uncorrected refractive errors.

Colour Vision Deficiency

Around 1 in 10 boys have difficulty distinguishing certain colours, particularly red and green.

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Coloured Overlay Tests and Colorometry for Visual Stress

Visual Stress is a visual processing disorder characterised by heightened sensitivity to light and a presumed hyper-excitability of the visual cortex. It is estimated to affect approximately 20% of the population—roughly 13 million people in the UK. Whilst distinct from dyslexia, Visual Stress impacts approximately 40% of individuals with dyslexic conditions.

The diagnostic process begins with a comprehensive eye examination to eliminate any alternative underlying visual complications. Subsequently, we conduct a series of specialised assessments, including a comprehensive colorimetry evaluation. Where appropriate, we can recommend coloured filters to help mitigate the condition's effects.

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What our patients say

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Awesome customer service and optician was so attentive as well. Very profession glasses were ready in less than a week. Also you have a range of options for frames youre not stuck with typical frames. Definitely worth it. I 100%recommend

Friendly & very professional. Excellent experience, thankyou .

Wonderful service, brilliant staff, both myself and daughter attend and its enjoyable!

I highly recommend this Optometrist. I attended an appointment for an eye test and to get new pair of glasses. I found the owner of the practice, Riyaz Jasat very thorough, friendly and very helpful and he imparted some very good advice. Also to add too the staff were brilliant, friendly and welcoming. I had a very good experience on my first appointment today. Again, I strongly recommend this practice. Keep up with the excellent work. Thank you, Riyaz and the staff for a wonderful service.

Pleasant experience, since I arrived I was very well attended by two lovely ladies, the doctor explained in detail the health of my eyes and then they advised me with the selection of my glasses. Thank you very much.

Amazing experience. My first time visiting this opticians and so so impressed. The team are professional, friendly and thorough. The equipment used is incredible, technology at its best and used expertly. Advice given freely and everything explained clearly. They were recommended to me and I cannot rate them high enough.

Riyaz was excellent and the examination was very through. He explained everything he was doing. Dawn was a great help when choosing my glasses.

Very good, everyone very friendly felt quite at nome, I made a good move.!

My experience was very positive. I was treated like. Royality, Riaz the optician was very caring and knowledgeable. I would recommend anyone to have their eyes tested with him.

exelent customer service

Its not often I give top marks . . . . this this time it was EASY !! . . . Professional, Courteous, Thorough, Knowledgeable, . . . . I would have no hesitation in giving Evington Eyecare my very best recommendation . . . . Its so rewarding to have found someone I can completely trust for my eyecare! You may add my name : Peter Sibson. (Thankyou).

I have been going to Evington Eyecare for twenty years or more, nothing is too much trouble for the team, Riyaz, Toni and Dawn. Riyaz has been my optometrist all these years and is very professional and friendly in his dealings with his patients. I cant praise this independent optician high enough. The website is very easy to use and is an added bonus to being able to book an appointment to suit.

Very nice & helpful ppl there

One of the best optician in Leicester, highly recommended!

Excellent, professional service from friendly staff. I would definitely recommend this Optician.

A most pleasant experience. I was well looked after by the receptionists and the optician, Mr Riyaz Jasat. All the devices and instruments used were suitably clean and comfortable. Mr Jasat was his usual polite and charming self. Highly recomended.

Such a lovely experience and being looked after so well utterly professional on all accounts from entering to leaving.

Great service over the years from Riyaz and team. Highly recommended. 5 stars!

This optician is brilliant - knows how to treat his patients.very professional in his approach to put you at ease.Put me through. The examination smoothly and courteously. Would not hesitate to recommend.

ALWAYS GREAT SERVICE AND A VERY FRIENDLY WELCOME

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Give your child the best start with expert eye care. Schedule a thorough, child-friendly eye examination today and ensure their vision is in safe hands.

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