The association between vision quality of life and academics as measured by the College of Optometrists in Vision Development Quality of Life questionnaire

Binocular Vision and the Stroop Test

“…1,2 These ocular symptoms can have a negative impact on close work performance such as reading or academic achievement 2Y4 and usually lead to frustration and avoidance in children. 5, 6 Maples 7 and Vaughn et al, 8 using similar methods of screening, have shown that the number of symptoms are negatively correlated with academic achievement in children. Maples 7 also argues that some visual factors were found to be much better predictors of scores on basic academic performance than either race or socioeconomic status.…”

The Neurology of Amblyopia: A Further Evaluation of Data from the Eyetronix Flicker Glass Clinical Study

“…Figure 9 shows the questions about symptoms given pre-and post-therapy to subjects and their parents. This question list was not pre-validated as a stand-alone questionnaire prior to the Eyetronix study, but does have considerable overlap with the fully validated COVD QOL questionnaire (Vaughn, Maples, Hoenes, 2006), the School Screening adaptation of the COVD QOL (Rasch analyzed) (Baker, Hong, Pin, 2012), and the questions are fully represented in the 16-question list of readingspecific questions in the COVD QOL questionnaire (Hussey, 2012). Looking at those symptoms as a whole across the group, pre-to post-therapy, symptoms in this group of amblyopes decreased significantly (p<0.005, paired t-test).…”

Use of a Noncycloplegic Autorefractor to Perform Vision Screening in Preschools

“…can improve a child's ability to succeed in school, as vision problems have been consistently correlated with poor academic performance (Kulp & Schmidt, 1996;Vaughn et al, 2006). The introduction of an accurate device that is convenient to use and has a high testability in preschool children has the potential to benefit many children.…”

“…Kulp and Schmidt (1996) demonstrated that visual performance was significantly related to reading performance in 7-year-old children, even when controlling for intelligence. Two studies of school-age children by Vaughn, Maples, and Hoenes (2006) and Williams, Latif, Hannington, and Watkins (2005) found that reported visual symptoms were inversely correlated with academic performance. Thus, identifying vision disorders is key to ensuring that permanent damage does not occur and that a child does not experience a preventable barrier to learning and academic success.…”