Community Eye Care
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چکیده
Vision plays a fundamental role in the acquisition of skills such as language, interpreting facial expressions, and skills requiring hand–eye coordination. If a child continues to have an uncorrected distance visual deficit beyond the age of 10–12 years, the plasticity of the visual system is lost and the recovery of vision can be limited.[1] Without sufficient vision, children are limited in every situation, and untreated vision disorders affect their ability to make informed choices, and learn from the environment.
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