OAR Report Card

Survey research by the Ohio Amblyope Registry has found that about 30% of parents of children with amblyopia do not know if their child is improving with therapy. If parents do not know whether their child is improving with therapy, they are more likely not to patch and not to keep follow-up appointments; consequently, their child is more likely not to have a successful outcome.

The OAR Report Card is designed to provide parents with immediate feedback as to how their child is doing with therapy and provides real life consequences if their child’s amblyopia is not cured. People with amblyopia are more than two times likely to lose their good eye compared to people without amblyopia. For example, if visual acuity is 20/200 in the amblyopic eye and the child loses his/her good eye, the child would be “Legally Blind”. The OAR Report Card also informs parents of their child’s follow-up appointment date, which eye to patch and for how long.