Eye Testing in Newcastle
If you've had your eyes tested elsewhere in Newcastle, your eye examination at Marketown Optical / Willson Optometrists may be a little different to what you're used to. Firstly, we don't have a corporate head office or shareholders dictating the time we spend with you, so we allow a little more time for your eye appointment - this allows you to have not only a thorough unhurried examination of your eyes but also a discussion of the results and an opportunity for you to ask questions.
We check everyone for glaucoma, not just people in older age groups or 'at risk' categories - by doing this we have occasionally detected glaucoma in people as young as teens, twenties & thirties. Also we take a retinal photograph routinely for every patient, because often problems inside the eyes are only revealed when retinal photography is done for the first time. A well-known corporate chain store optometrist has just introduced retinal photography very recently, but we've been doing it since 2006!
At the end of your examination, if glasses (or contact lenses) are recommended for you, we'll give you the right advice and explain your options, but we don't try to talk you into anything you don't want or need. You won't be served by salespeople with sales targets to meet or commissions to earn, only qualified optical dispensers who are trained to give you the right advice.
Marketown Optical's eye testing services include the following specialisations -
- General eye examinations
- Behavioural Optometry
- Children’s vision
- Screening for eye diseases including glaucoma, cataract and others
- Diagnosis and treatment of eye conditions such as conjunctivitis, red eye, dry eyes, allergy eyes, and many others
- Prescribing of prescription eye drops when necessary
- Diabetic eye examinations, including reporting back to your GP
- Digital retinal photography for eye disease detection & monitoring (incorrectly called a "retinal scan" in some advertising)
- Computerised visual field (peripheral vision) examinations
- Referrals to ophthalmologists for medical eye treatment of serious conditions and eye surgery
- Workplace eye screenings
- Colour vision testing, including Ishihara and Farnsworth D15 testing
- Occupational and ergonomic advice - such as for computer users, professional drivers, etc
- Laser surgery assessment and co-management
- Contact lens trials (try before you buy)
- Contact lens fitting, including soft disposable, rigid (RGP), keratoconus, and orthokeratology.
- Instruction in contact lens handling (see instructional videos on our video page)
- Contact lens problem solving
- Now available: slit lamp biomicroscope photography - a detailed image of the "front" of your eye - as far as we know, nobody else in Newcastle offers you this service
- Coming soon: orthokeratology (ortho-K) - special overnight contact lenses which allow you to see clearly during the day without any contacts or glasses! Great for kids & teenagers with myopia (short-sightedness) that is getting worse
- Coming soon: CASA certified eye examinations for pilots and air traffic controllers
