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Comprehensive Eye Care Services in Vernon BC
Eye Exams, Contact Lens Fittings, Eyewear and Frames, Childrens Vision Exams
Our Practice
Our comprehensive exams go beyond just checking your prescription, and our clinic goes beyond eye exams, through the latest technology, personalized care and a proactive approach to eyecare.
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Eye Exam Graphic Snellen Eye Chart, Drops and Glasses.
Comprehensive Eye Exams
Why come in for an exam?
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Early Detection of Eye Diseases
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General Health Monitoring
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Correcting Vision
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Comfort and Clarity
Contact Lens Exams
Contact lenses are medical devices that sit directly on your eyes. Regular evaluations are crucial to prevent complications, ensure your lenses fit properly, and monitor for changes in your eye health.
Senior Exams
Your vision changes with time. This is why regular exams are crucial for preserving healthy vision in your senior years. Loss of contrast sensitivity is subtle; you may have vision changes that might not be obvious. Optometrists can identify other health problems such as diabetes or stroke through eye exams.
Pediatric Exams
Vision plays an essential role in many aspects of a child’s development, and prioritizing an eye exam can help identify issues before they impact a school year or day-to-day activity. Our optical department offers 2 for 1 pricing for kid's lenses, and with our newest addition to our equipment, the MYAH all-in-one optical biometer and corneal topographer we can manage myopia like never before!
Adult Exams
Optometrists assist in identifying health conditions that are often first detected through a comprehensive eye exam, provide referrals to specialists and manage post-eye-surgery health. During an exam, your case history, quality of vision, external and internal health of your eyes, ability of the eyes to adjust focus, eye movement, eye coordination, and peripheral vision will all be evaluated. If a problem is detected, treatment and management options will be provided!
Vernon-Made, Sustainably Powered Lenses
Largest Frame Selection in the North Okanagan
40% off 2nd Set of Lenses
Frames suitable for all price ranges
Most eyewear lenses sold in the Okanagan are shipped in from labs in Toronto, Vancouver, or overseas. Ours aren't. Every lens we surface is made right here in Vernon, at Independent Lenses — our own in-house digital surfacing lab. Our building runs on genuinely green infrastructure: a 100-panel, 38.5kW solar array on the roof (with expansion already planned), and a geothermal system running under the entire site — including the parking lot and the building itself. That geothermal system doesn't just heat and cool the building; the hydronic loops directly interface with our lens-manufacturing equipment, including cooling for our alloy blockers, chillers for our polishing equipment, and cryochilling for the vacuum-deposition chambers used to apply anti-reflective coatings — a genuinely first-of-its-kind setup. When you choose Vernon Optometry, your lenses aren't just precision-made — they're made locally, sustainably, and by people you can actually meet.
Digital Free-Form Lenses made locally using Geothermal and Solar Energy.
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Surgical Co-Management
Surgical co-management means your optometrist works hand-in-hand with your eye surgeon to provide seamless care before and after surgery.
Urgent Eye Care
Red eye? New floater or flashes in your vision? No problem. Our Doctors will do their best to see you! Call our office, we will triage your symptoms. If it's an emergency to you, it's an emergency to us.
Telehealth Appointments
We are pleased to offer Telehealth and phone consultation services to our patients. Please call our office and we will arrange a consultation.
Safety Is our highest priority
Wellness screening
Patients and staff are encouraged to stay home if they are feeling sick.
Patient First
If you have concerns we are ready to adjust your care in order for you to feel safe and comfortable.
Sanitation & Scrubs
Cleaning procedures are in place for every patient interaction. All exam rooms and pretest equipment are washed after use.
Clear Communication
Cleaning procedures are in place for every patient interaction. All exam rooms and pretest equipment are washed after use.
Wheelchair accessible
Our office is accessible by wheelchair ramp! In our exam rooms, we are able to move our exam chairs for patients in wheelchairs, no transfer necessary.
Staff that are here for you!
Our staff and technicians are trained and educated to help you with all your eye health and eye wear needs.
Ocular Coherence Tomograph
(OCT)
OCT is a noninvasive imaging device that is the clinical standard used for early detection, diagnosis and management of ocular health conditions such as Glaucoma and Macular Degeneration. OCT produces cross-sectional images of your eye. It works by measuring wavelengths of infrared light that reflect off the back of your retina and optic nerve. As well as measuring each layer of your eye’s thickness so optometrists can detect and track the progression of diseases.
This technology also helps our Doctors triage emergencies and expedite referrals.
MYAH Optical Biometer + Corneal Topographer
The MYAH offers an efficient, and repeatable way to baseline axial length and monitor change over time. The MYAH features optical biometry, corneal topography, pupillometry, anterior cornea wavefront analysis, and is a fantastic contact lens fitting tool. The MYAH allows our Doctors to evaluate the corneal surface, assess visual quality, and fit specialty lenses. The analysis tools plot changes in axial length, refraction, and corneal power; highlight differences in corneal shape between visits; and map higher-order aberrations. We accept out of office referrals for these scans, call our office to inquire!
I-CARE Tonometer
Don't like the puff? No problem. Ask us to use the I-Care tonometer to measure intraocular pressure. It's a fast, painless and reliable way to measure eye pressure. We love it and we think you'll love it too.
Daytona Optomap
Daytona produces a 200° single capture optomap retinal image. This fast, easy, ultra-widefield imaging technology was designed for healthy eye screening allowing our Doctors to assess retinal health, allowing our Doctors to reduce the need for traditional pupil-dilating drops . The Daytona uses special technology to capture retinal images as if it were taking them from inside the eye.
OPTIKAM - the modern way to fit lenses
The Optikam is a tool that optimizes every stage of the eyewear fitting process by capturing digitally enhanced measurements that are used to customize the lens. Optikam's eyewear measurements take into account how the frame will be worn by the patient once dispensed.
These personalized “as-worn” measurements allow lens designs to be customized.
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