My son’s school said he failed an eye muscle balance test. What does that mean?

7 Answers

Feb 20, 2025

It means he had a vision screening and he failed the part of the test related to how the two eyes work together. School screenings are notoriously inaccurate. One recent study found that school screenings miss half the kids with problems and fail half the kids with no problems — you could toss a coin for each kid instead of doing the screening, declare the heads to pass and the tails to fail and have about the same accuracy rate.What it all means is that your son should have a professional eye exam with an eye doctor to determine if a problem exists and whether he needs any treatment. Treatment depends upon the problem could be anything from eye exercises, glasses to surgery.... Show More

Rose Schowalter

Feb 20, 2025

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Rose Schowalter

Feb 20, 2025

https://shorturl.im/awx7RAn eye muscle imbalance is also referred to as strabismus. I believe the test that he failed is a screening where they cover one eye and have him focus on something moving, and then uncover they eye to see if the covered eye followed along with the one that could see, or if it wandered. The eyes should move together, even if one is covered. If the imbalance is strong enough, it could lead to him seeing double, which in turn can lead to the brain ignoring the vision from one eye (amblyopia, or lazy eye). He should be seen by an ophthalmologist who specializes in pediatrics or strabismus to see what is causing the problem. My daughter has strabismus that is caused by being farsighted and a muscle imbalance, she wears glasses and had surgery on her eye muscles a year ago. That may or may not be the case for your son, but you should have him looked at by an eye doctor.... Show More