Adult & Senior Eye Exams
Eye Exams: An Essential Tool to Protecting Your Health
Your eyes do far more than help you see—they offer an important window into your overall health. By transmitting visual information to the brain, your eyes play a vital role in how you experience and interact with the world. Even subtle changes in vision or eye health can significantly affect your daily comfort, independence, and quality of life. As we age, the risk of developing common eye conditions such as glaucoma, macular degeneration, and cataracts increases. Many of these conditions can progress without noticeable symptoms, making early detection essential to preventing permanent vision loss.
Regular, comprehensive eye exams are a key part of maintaining lifelong eye health and supporting your overall well-being. In addition to checking your vision and prescription, comprehensive eye exams allow optometrists to detect, monitor, and manage eye diseases and identify signs of systemic health conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and neurological disorders, often before symptoms appear. Proactive, routine eye care helps protect not only your eyesight, but also your long-term health, safety, and quality of life.
Primary Eye Care with a
Personalized Touch
Annik Eye Care is a family-run optometry practice in Surrey, BC, proudly serving the community for over a decade. With over 45 years of combined experience in the optical and eye care industry, we understand that your eyewear should reflect both your personality and lifestyle, while meeting your unique vision needs. Our dedicated team is committed to providing exceptional, patient-centered eye care for you and your entire family.
Our experienced eye care professionals provide care for patients of all ages and manage a wide range of eye conditions, including cataracts, glaucoma, and other common and complex eye health concerns. Using trusted, advanced diagnostic technology and staying current with the latest clinical education, research, and treatment options, our optometrists deliver thorough, reliable care designed to protect your long-term vision and eye health.
What to Expect From a Comprehensive Eye Exam
A comprehensive eye exam is about much more than measuring your eyesight. While a standard vision test evaluates how clearly you see, a complete eye exam also assesses the overall health of your eyes and visual system.
When you visit Annik Eye Care for a comprehensive eye exam in Cloverdale, Surrey, we begin with a detailed discussion about your vision concerns, general health, and family medical history. To ensure truly personalized care, we also review your work environment, daily activities, and recreational hobbies, including any situations that may require specialized lenses or protective eyewear. This individualized approach allows our optometrists to tailor your exam and recommendations to support your eye health, safety, and long-term vision needs.
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A visual acuity test to determine how well you see.
A refraction to determine if you have a refractive error, such as myopia or hyperopia, and your required prescription.
An assessment of how your eyes work together, including eye coordination, depth perception, eye movements, and hand-eye coordination.
A colour vision evaluation to test for colour vision defects.
An assessment of the external health of your eyes, specifically looking for a number of conditions such as tear deficiency.
A neurological assessment to test pupil reactions, ocular muscle movement, and an assessment of your peripheral vision.
A test for glaucoma using a tonometer, which tests the pressure inside the eye.
An examination of the retina and optic nerve to determine their health and look for more serious conditions or concerns elsewhere in the body.
These tests will help us determine your required prescription and discover any potential eye conditions or possible health concerns. At this point, our optometrists will give you recommendations on the frequency of future eye exams,provide you with a personalized treatment plan, and information about managing ongoing conditions.