Your eyesight test is a comprehensive eye exam that checks more than just the prescription needed for eye glasses. We want to assure that your vision testing includes checkups for glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, and all serious eye diseases. You can rest easy knowing we are focused on prevention of serious eye problems and supporting you for a lifetime of healthy, clear sight. Eye examinations should be more than reading an eye chart. We recommend dilation of your eyes at every annual eye checkup to detect any sight threatening conditions or eye problems that can be treated early to prevent blindness. An eye refraction is also performed on an autorefractor (eye computer) using wavefront analysis to assure accurate readings for your prescription eyewear. Because some degradation of visual clarity is always lost at night patients often feel they have night blindness. An accurate eye exam can including special testing and lens treatments to refine your prescription for driving at night. When driving at night in inclement weather a small improvement of vision can sometimes be lifesaving.