Wouldn’t it be great if you could test your child at school for eye and ear problems without taking time off work or using precious family weekend time?
Where you have peace of mind and reassurance that your child is
being tested by highly specialised hospital experts?
Now you can with School Health Check.
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Why test your child at all? They look normal to me.
Unfortunately, most children fail to tell anyone they have an eye or ear issue
as they don’t notice themselves.
It’s also very difficult for busy parents and teachers to pick up an issue.
School Health Check solves this by offering to test every child at school.
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A lazy eye is one which fails to develop normally in young children.
Thankfully it is easily treated if detected with patches or glasses. There is a risk of a lifelong lazy eye if it is missed.
Chronic glue ear is where wax impacts the ear canal and can affect hearing.
Treatment may include the insertion of grommets. Poor hearing in the
classroom can cause concentration problems in your child.
You don’t have to take a risk with these common conditions.
School Health Check detects these issues.
Book an appointment‘I am writing to thank School Health Check for the wonderful service you provided.
Our son Jake is in Reception and is four years old.
He was booked in for a vision and hearing test at school that helped identify that further investigation was necessary for his hearing.
Within days of receiving your report we had booked him in with a specialist children’s ENT centre who confirmed that indeed his hearing was weak and that he was suffering from a condition called ’Glue ears’.
This diagnosis does unfortunately require him to have grommets inserted but it does however come as a relief to us as Jake has not been participating in class as he should and was not too comfortable in group environments.
These reactions and others could very well all be down to his condition.
So thanks to a quick and easy test at school, Jake is now booked in for an operation that could be life changing and help him avoid years of social discomfort.
I am very grateful that a service such as yours exists and truly hope that all schools offer this service to parents.
Had it not been for the test at school we could not have guessed that Jake was struggling with his hearing.
Thank you so much’
Jake’s Dad
Our highly experienced team is led by paediatric optometry and audiology specialists who work in top rated NHS hospitals such as Moorfields Eye Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
With over 50 years of experience combined, they are experts at testing your child safely, efficiently and accurately in school.
Reshma is a co-founder of School Health Check and is our highly experienced lead optometrist who has worked over 16 years at both Moorfields and Great Ormond Street Hospital. She is passionate and highly experienced in testing children aged 3 to 11.
Rebecca qualified for her Masters of Clinical Audiology in 2009 in Sydney, Australia. From 2012 onwards she has specialised in paediatric audiology work and the assessment of medically complex children at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
Mariam is our highly experienced lead orthoptist who has worked at Kings College Hospital, Moorfields Eye Hospital and Great Ormond Street Hospital.
She has a vast experience in managing children’s vision problems in hospital and the community.
Brindha is a highly skilled senior audiologist with 15 years of paediatric experience. She works at Great Ormond Street Hospital with medically complex patients and leads the Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) specialist service and Audioligical Research at Great Ormond Street Hospital. She enjoys working with children and is highly experienced in delivering school hearing screening.
Usha qualified as an Optometrist in 2002 and has been working at Moorfields Eye Hospital since 2008 where she specialises in Paediatrics, Glaucoma and Cataract. She is experienced in complex paediatric vision screening and management.
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