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Show f t ..ill. 1 I m ! i i 'i ''"" I Members ol I s, Ion sum., Alpha will he e,ivinK c o l,sls to pre-srhool umnnMors m the near tu.me. The ,ests duu K lor a,bl , , i , elO and will beadni.nisteredloehitdrenbetwcenthe ac.es of three 'ind live Eye Screening Clinic Scheduled in Moab On Thursday, April I 2 by Sorority An amblyopia U.i ' screenini; clinic will be held Thursday , , April 12 from 10:00-11:30 10:00-11:30 a.m. at the Court -houo. Parents are ur-cod ur-cod to britij: pre-school children between the aces of 3-1 2 to ." ea rs . Screening will aUo be lione at the lleadstart. I'l aiitor aiul Xarans pre-sehools pre-sehools at a later ilate. Early detection ol'atn-bhopia ol'atn-bhopia is eritieal since a chiKI's central vision is developed by the age of t to 7 years. If not (owk and corrected be-f"i-e this time, the child's vision will be permanently damaged. Ainbl.opia cannot be I corrected with glasses and the earlier it is detected the better the response will be to treatment. Members of Kpsilon Sigma Alpha, sponsors of the clinic, recently participated in a training train-ing session to learn the method of screening to delect lay eye. The training. gien by .1. Fred Whitney. Sight Conservation Consultant for the State of I'tah. has been presented to -10 school districts in the state, involving 1000 women volunteers. Last year, 30.000 children were screened in the State of I'tah. with 91' 9 referred for further testing. In Grand County. 72 were screened screen-ed with ti referred. The screening showed a rate of SO per cent reliability. relia-bility. That is, 8 of every ev-ery 10 children referred needed the help of an e, e doctor. |