Daily Mirror

A quarter of kids have not had eye test

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ABOUT 25% of children have never had their sight tested, a study reveals.

And 52% of parents wrongly think their eyes are checked at school.

Some 27% confess they wait until the kids struggle with the telly or a book before arranging a test.

The Associatio­n of Optometris­ts quizzed 1,200 parents with children aged four to 16.

Its adviser Farah Topia said: “There is a window of opportunit­y to treat certain eye conditions.”

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