Where AmblyAware can be used:

School Screening

AmblyAware can be used in all schools at nursery age in order to screen for Amblyopia. The easy to use items can be used by teachers and interpreted simply with our information leaflet.

Clinical Screening

When visiting a healthcare professional they will be able to quickly and easily test your child for Amblyopia and interpret the results to give you peace of mind.

Home Screening

With an information leaflet to help, the items within the Amblyopia detection kit are so easy to use, that you can screen your children's vision in the comfort of your own home or wherever they feel comfortable.

AmblyAware detection kit

For peace of mind, you can screen your own child for Amblyopia by ordering a detection kit right here! The detection kit contains:

Amblyopia detection kit

A range of items which can easily be used to check for the signs of amblyopia- recyclable, sustainable and child friendly!

Guidance leaflet

An easy-to-follow guide to use each part of the kit, why it is important to screen your children for amblyopia and contact info if you ever need to reach us!

Eye occluder glasses

Glasses made from recyclable cardboard, which come in a range of designs, with hinges which can cover either eye to occlude one at a time.

Picture and letter charts

Letter and picture charts designed specifically to compare the visual clarity in each eye.

Handheld eye occluders

For when children do not want to wear the occluder glasses, these handheld occluders can be held by the parents for simple and straight forward sight tests.

Item cards

Item cards containing letters and associative images as part of the tests to compare your child's eye sight between each eye.

How to use the kit

Cover-uncover test

Using the eye occluder, cover one eye for 1-2 seconds, look carefully for outward, inwards, upwards or downwards movement of the uncovered eye. Quickly remove the occluder and see if the position of the covered eye changes - if one eye shifts while the other is covered, this can suggest the child has misalignment.

Fixation test

To test for other causes of Amblyopia- how well each eye follows a moving object. While occluding one eye, using the glasses, ask the child to focus on a picture and move this in different directions. Note if the uncovered eye can follow the picture with ease. Clear differences in their ability to do this may suggest Amblyopia.

Picture and number chart test

At 10 feet away, ask your child to read the letters and name the pictures. Note the number of the line they get to. If they cannot read below:

line 5 in 3 year old

line 6 in 4-5 year old

line 7 in >5 years

and/or there is more than a 2 line difference between the two eyes, this indicates Amblyopia is present.

Get in touch to order a kit!