ear exam
Posted By: nymt on 2008-05-17
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The patient cannot hear S/L Watsticks on the left compared to the right.
Patient with hearing loss due to explosion. TIA!
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Ever have a yearly exam, cleaning?
They give you a soft toothbrush, always.
Ahh, now you're a cultural anthropologist, too? Wow, that should be on the CMT exam. nm
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He sat for the exam within 1 semester of graduating with Bachelor of Accounting. sm
He did not have to have any type of approval, other than of course to pay the money to take the exam and schedule it for the next date it was available.
Upset with my child's school -- failed eye exam
First, the facts. My child has retinitis pigmentosa. His vision is 20/200 without glasses and his best corrected vision is 20/70. I have taken him to the specialists at the University of Michigan and the prognosis is not promising. He is only 8 years old and I don't feel he needs to know the true extent of what his future might hold. He inherited this through me, as my parents were both blind, and this is a congenital defect.
He came home from school yesterday and informed me they were all tested by the Health Department with an eye exam, which, of course, he failed miserably. He informed the technician that he could not see the chart, so she told him "just guess." Then he was asked if his glasses were old, that he might need new ones, and he informed me that she would be sending me a letter stating he needs an official eye exam and new glasses.
So, before I blew my top, I went to the school office this morning. I asked to see my child's emergency contact sheet, which includes a section regarding existing medical conditions. There it was, plain as day, stating all of his ophthamologic conditions. I feel this information should have been checked by their staff before they administered and unnecessary test on my child. I informed the principal that I did not want him subjected to any more visual testing (which they plan to repeat in two years). They didn't seem to understand why I would not want this free testing. I asked them if they would perform a hearing test on a child with a hearing aid -- then they finally got my point. I think permission slips before testing might be appropriate.
You're supposed to have an exam every year. Most vision insurance
plans pay for new lenses once a year and new frames every two years. I go every two years for both and exam and new glasses because usually my frames are out of wack with loose screws and the like by the then and I just get it all at once.
However, I don't know the rules for contact lenses as I've never liked them, but I do seem to recall with my sister that there is a yearly exam required especially if you are wearing those disposable ones.
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