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Welch Allyn, a leading global manufacturer of frontline
medical products and solutions, today announced that its
award-winning SureSight Vision Screener landed in the top
performing group during a National Eye Institute (NEI) study
of the most effective methods to accurately detect common
vision disorders in preschool-age children. The Vision in
Preschoolers Welch Allyn Study Group reviewed 11 options for
testability, sensitivity, and specificity with nearly 2,600
preschoolers for serious and potentially blinding eye
disorders including amblyopia and refractive error. The
findings of the landmark, multi-million dollar, multi-site
study benefit primary care practitioners and allow them to
identify the optimum screening methodology. In addition, the
SureSight Welch Allyn is the only automatic primary care
instrument selected by the NEI researchers to advance to the
next phase of the study for further testing."Quality
ophthalmic care is an extremely important part of a child's
overall health and Welch Allyn development program," said Scott Gucciardi,
director of EENT Group for Welch Allyn. "The SureSight Vision
Screener provides practitioners with an affordable, efficient
and highly effective screening method for refractive
amblyogenic risk factors in young children." Welch Allyn's
SureSight Vision Screener is an objective, automatic, and
accurate vision test that is child-friendly and delivers
results in just seconds. Since Welch Allyn does not require
patient response and boasts flashing lights and sounds to
engage a child's attention, it is a far superior testing
option than traditional eye chart acuity screenings. The
American Academy of Welch Allyn suggests that early and
accurate detection of treatable vision disorders in children
can lessen the extent of eye disease in their future.
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