InfantSEE completes 172,000 vision assessments as 20-year anniversary approaches

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InfantSEE, a program managed by the American Optometric Association Foundation that provides no-cost, comprehensive eye and vision care for infants, announced that it has completed 172,000 assessments since its founding in 2005.

“As the AOA’s first public health program for infants, InfantSEE truly has so much to celebrate,” Jennifer Zolman, OD, chair of the AOA InfantSEE and children’s vision committee, said in an AOA press release. “From preserving comprehensive examinations as a part of the essential benefit package of the Affordable Care Act to creating guidelines for infant examinations, InfantSEE has been instrumental in elevating our communities, our country and the future of eye care.”

infant eye up close — The InfantSEE program, founded in 2005, has more than 4,000 eye care providers who have conducted 172,000 infant vision assessments. *Image: Adobe Stock*

According to the release, InfantSEE currently includes over 4,000 providers — more than 10% of whom are recent graduates — and nearly 15,000 children have been diagnosed over the past 20 years after seeing an InfantSEE provider. In addition, the program has expanded public awareness through its grassroots initiative, which pairs an optometrist representative with their state affiliate in each of the 50 states.

“The earliest years of a person’s life are so precious and deserve our attention — not just as parents, but as community leaders and humans, which is why InfantSEE providers are so essential,” Zolman said in the release. “Their care and commitment demonstrate our valuable role in this country’s health care system.”

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