Office Safety & Scheduling Procedures Update

IMPORTANT: Your safety and health is our highest priority. Our staff members are working diligently to maintain a safe environment for all our patients who are receiving care at our office:

  1. If you have a sight or life-threatening emergency, please call 911 or contact your nearest Emergency Room.
  2. Due to the large number of patients returning to our office since the pandemic, we had to update our scheduling procedures so that we can ensure the safety of all our patients and staff. Typically, we are able to reply to most inquiries within about 1-2 business days.
  3. If you are new to our office, to streamline the scheduling process, please kindly email us at odtong@bxbsecure.com with the patient’s name, age, who referred you, and a 1-2 sentence description of your main concerns. All services are by appointment only. 
  4. If you have been to our office before, please email us at odtong@bxbsecure.com, text us at (626) 565-3534, or leave a voice message at (626) 578-9685 if you have any questions. Typically, we are able to reply to most inquiries within about 1-2 business days.
  5. PRECAUTIONS REGARDING COVID-19 AND OTHER ILLNESSES:
    1. COVID-19 PRECAUTIONS: If within the past 5-7 days you have experienced any symptoms (other than the COVID vaccine reactions), been in close contact with anyone with COVID, please inform our staff immediately.  
    2. Per the City of Pasadena Health Department, all patients and visitors are strongly recommended to wear face masks during the visit. Please contact our office prior to your appointment should you have any questions.  As a general safety precaution, all patients & staff members will receive a quick temperature screening upon entry.
    3. Download a PDF with further details of our Safety and Health Protocols.
  6. If you need any other assistance, please leave a voice message at (626) 578-9685 with your name and phone number so that one of our team members can return your call.

Vision Quizzes

Vision Quizzes

Vision Quick Quiz Answers

  1. If I have 20/20 vision, I can’t have a vision problem.

    False. Being able to read the 20/20 line on the eye chart does not tell you everything you need to know about healthy vision. For example, it does not tell you whether or not vision in one eye is suppressed or less efficient or whether there are problems with visual processing.

  2. Vision is learned.

    True. Research at the Gesell Institute tells us that children are not born with "normal" vision -- they must learn to see.

  3. All children are ready to read at the age of six.

    False. Visual abilities develop as a child matures. The child who develops slowly may not have the visual skills to read at the age of six.

  4. Eyesight is hereditary. You can't do anything about it.

    False. Environmental demands (reading, computers, TV) can create stressful situations which may alter vision in healthy eyes. Also, developmental vision problems can be significantly altered by environmental factors.

  5. Visual problems can affect a person’s self-esteem and hinder success.

    True. A person may have the intelligence to succeed, but without the proper visual skills needed for comprehension and learning, he will experience repeated failure, leading to lack of self-esteem.

  6. Surgery is the only way to correct strabismus (a turned eye).

    False. Surgery is generally a cosmetic cure only. Vision Therapy can go beyond making eyes look straight. The person can regain the use of the two eyes together as a team and develop depth perception.

  7. Amblyopia (lazy eye) cannot be corrected after the person reaches the age of seven.

    False. Neuroscientists have proven that, in most cases, there is no critical developmental cut-off age for amblyopia. Vision improvement can be gained at any age. However, delaying therapy may increase the amount of therapy needed. Learn more at No Age Limits: Scientific Research Proves that Lazy Eye Can Be Treated in Older Children and Adults

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