Services

Professional Eye Examinations

We provide complete eye care for our patients. During your exam your optometrist checks your vision and determines your spectacle prescription. Your doctor also performs several tests of your binocular coordination and closely examines your eyes for signs of disease. We highly recommend Optomap retinal scans at every yearly exam.

For children, we recommend that the first eye exam should be at age 3 and every two years thereafter. If there are any concerns, children should be checked earlier. We have seen kids as young as just two months old. Children are covered up to the age of 9 free of charge once every two years.

If the doctor has any concerns he or she will make arrangements to see you more frequently.

Diabetic patients should be seen every 2 years. The following frequent conditions would also generally require yearly exams: significant cataracts, macular degeneration, glaucoma suspect, high myopia and patient with MS.



Frames

We are proud of our extensive selection of frames. We carry over 800 frames from a wide variety of designers. This assortment offers the latest trends in fashion as well as traditional styles.



We also offer a wide selection of sunglass options including Oakley and Maui Jim. Our knowledgeable and educated optometric assistants can suggest the frames and lenses that will best suit each individual’s needs.

Adjustments and Repair

Our certified optometric assistants are trained to help you with adjustments and any repairs to your frames both when your frame is new and after extended wear.

Contact Lenses

Today there are over 100 different kind of lenses available including colors, bifocals, extended-wear, oxygen-permeable, and firm or flexible types.

At Digby Eye Care Center, we take a great deal of care in choosing a lens that will match your lifestyle, provide you with the best vision and comfort possible, and be safe to wear for many years.

All our contact lens patients receive 20% off all non-prescription sunglasses and 10% off their prescription eyeglasses when a year supply of contacts is purchased.

Contact lenses need to be fitted properly by your doctor to prevent problems with your vision or your ocular health. Ask your doctor about contact lenses as an option for you.

Edging Lab

Our office has a complete on-site edging lab, allowing us to execute the edging required for a large number of plastic lenses. We carry in stock a large variety of single vision lenses with scratch resistant and reflection free lenses. This allows us to fill most simple eyeglass prescriptions within one hour.

The edging lab is made up of three pieces of exacting electronic equipment. Each lens is checked throughout the process for quality control. The edging process begins with a form tracer that will trace the shape and size of your frame which will ensure that your lens is well positioned inside your frame. The edger then cuts the lens to specification and after a final inspection the lens is fitted into your frame.

Quality Control/Warranty

We stand behind the quality of the products we offer. In our experience, by offering high end quality products and materials, our patients have been able to enjoy longer lasting frames and encounter much fewer problems.

Laser Treatment

We do follow up appointments for the TLC laser center. You would have the surgery done in Halifax and they would see you there again the next day. The rest of the follow up exams would be done in our office. Visit TLC laser center

Low Vision

For people that cannot see well enough to perform normal tasks with only eyeglasses, we can provide them with special aids like magnifiers, telescopes and CCTV (close circuit television). For an idea of the products that we can get in for you, visit Eschenbach.

Visual Training

Certain exercises can help with conditions like a lazy eye. We can provide you with the appropriate tools and instructions to improve your vision.

EQUIPMENT WE USE

EYE HEALTH - EYEWEAR - PEDIATRIC OPTOMETRY

OPTOMAP RETNAL IMAGING

The benefits of having an optomap ultra-widefield retinal image taken are:

  • optomap facilitates early protection from vision impairment or blindness
  • • Early detection of life-threatening diseases like cancer, stroke, and cardiovascular disease

The unique optomap ultra-widefield view helps your eye care practitioner detect early signs of retinal disease more effectively and efficiently than with traditional eye exams. Early detection means successful treatments can be administered and reduces the risk to your sight and health.




OCT(OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY)

Optical Coherence Tomography is a noninvasive imaging technology used to obtain high resolution cross-sectional images of the retina. The layers within the retina can be differentiated and retinal thickness can be measured to aid in the early detection and diagnosis of retinal diseases and conditions.


AUTOMATED PHOROPTER

The phoropter houses a variety of lenses so that your optometrist can determine exactly what your spectacle prescription should be. By allowing you to choose from a series of comparisons, you help the optometrist determine what power your glasses should be to give you the best possible vision. There are a few advantages to the automated compared to a regular phoropter, the main one being able to show you the difference between your current eye glass prescription and your new prescription at the touch of a button. This will allow you to be able to see the exact difference and help you decide if you want to update your prescription or keep your current glasses. We are currently the only office in Nova Scotia with an automated phoropter.

DIGITAL FUNDUS CAMERA

This instrument will photograph a 45 degree field of the back of the eye, or retina. This permanent photographic record will be added to your file and can help in tracking changes in the appearance of the back of the eye. During your eye examination, your optometrist will show you your photographs, which may capture signs of diabetes, high blood pressure, glaucoma, macular degeneration or other eye diseases.

Non contact tonometer (NCT)

This instrument uses a very light puff of air to measure the intraocular pressure in the eyes (IOP). Higher than normal IOPs may indicate an individual has or is at a greater risk of developing glaucoma. Your optometrist will use this and other information gathered during the course of the eye examination to help in the diagnosis of glaucoma.

AUTOREFRACTOR AND KERATOMETER

This instrument will measure the curvature of the front surface of the eye (cornea) as well as generate a rough measurement of the overall spectacle prescription for the eyes. This prescription is fine-tuned during the eye examination to ensure you achieve the best possible vision with your new eyeglasses. The corneal measurement is especially important if you're considering or are already wearing contact lenses where it helps the optometrist determine the optimal fit for a contact lens in your eye.

AUTO LENSOMETER

This instrument allows our trained technicians to accurately measure the prescription in your glasses. We are then able to inform you of any changes from your current prescription at the end of the eye examination and ensure your new glasses are made exactly to the optometrist's recommendations for your spectacle prescription.

SLIT LAMP (BIOMICROSCOPE)

This piece of machinery is crucial in the examination of the overall health of the eyelids, front surface of the eye and all its internal structures. By examining the internal and external structures of the eye, your optometrist can diagnose a variety of ocular health disorders - from dry eye, to retinal detachments and everything in between.

OPTIKAM

Finding the perfect pair of glasses is fun and easy as 1, 2, 3 with OPTIKAM. This special tool will capture your picture and allow you to see yourself and compare different frames at one time. It also can help determine lens thickness in any frame and can take more precise measurements for your new glasses.. Another fun feature offered is the chance to see yourself in every contact lens color available without ever putting a contact lens in your eye.

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Thank you for visiting eyecarecenter.ca (the “Website”), provided to you by DIGBY EYE CARE CENTER (“We”). We respect the privacy of every individual who visits the Website and are sensitive to privacy issues on the Internet. We believe it is important that you know how we deal with information received about you.

This privacy policy (the “Privacy Policy”) explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect the personal information of our customers and Website users ("you"), describes the types of information we may collect from you or that you may provide to us, and our practices for collecting, using, maintaining, protecting, and disclosing that information. The Website is for general audiences and is not specifically targeted to or intended for use by children.

We will only use your personal information in accordance with this Privacy Policy unless otherwise required by applicable law. We take steps to ensure that the personal information that we collect about you is adequate, relevant, not excessive, and used for limited purposes. Privacy laws in Canada generally define "Personal Information" as any information about an identifiable individual, which includes information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person.

By accessing or using the Website, you are accepting the practices described in this Privacy Policy, and you are consenting to our processing of your information as set out in this Privacy Policy. We may modify or update this Privacy Policy from time to time; if we change this Privacy Policy in a manner that materially impacts your privacy rights, we will provide a notice to you. Your continued use of the Website or our services after any modification to this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such modification. However, when required by law, we will confirm your consent to the revised Privacy Policy terms. This Privacy Policy is incorporated into and considered a part of the Website Terms and Conditions of Use, located here


What information we collect

We collect and use several types of information from and about you, including:


How we collect the information

Information You Provide to Us

The information we collect directly from you may include:

Information We Collect While You Interact With Us Through Cookies and Other Automatic Data Collection Technologies
Information We Collect About You From Third Parties

How we use your information

We use your information, including your Personal Information, to manage our business and to maintain and develop commercial relationships with you. We will collect, use, and disclose such information only to the extent that is necessary for those purposes.

We use information that we collect about you or that you provide to us, including any Personal Information:


How we share your information

We will not rent or sell your information to third parties without your consent. We only share your data as specifically provided in this Privacy Policy.

Other Disclosures

In addition to any disclosure you may have consented to or permitted under the terms of this Privacy Policy, we may transfer your data, including Personal Information to third parties in the following limited circumstances:

  1. information you expressly consent to be shared;
  2. when relating to anonymized information (individuals cannot be identified by it);
  3. when you decide to make the information indexable by search engines, to share or to distribute the information to people or otherwise to make it available to the public;
  4. to satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request within or outside your country of residence when we have a good faith belief that the law requires it;
  5. to enforce this Privacy Policy, the Terms, or an agreement, including investigation of potential violations thereof;
  6. to detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues, or protect the operations or you;
  7. to protect our rights, property or safety as well as yours, the public, or others;
  8. in connection with an acquisition, merger, change in control, debt financing, reorganization, sales of assets, bankruptcy or other change of our corporate structure or status; or
  9. as necessary in connection with the performance of requested services or solutions, or as otherwise appropriate in connection with a legitimate need.

How we store and secure your information

Information Security

We are committed to protecting the confidentiality, integrity, availability and privacy of your Personal Information. We have put appropriate physical, technological and procedural security measures in place designed to help prevent your Personal Information from being lost, used, modified or accessed in an unauthorized way, or improperly disclosed. Examples of such measures include restricted access to offices, training of personnel, using passwords and well-defined internal policies and practices. We also use encryption technology and Secure Socket Layers ("SSL") in all areas of the Website where your personal account information is required.

In addition, we limit access to your Personal Information to those employees, agents, contractors and other third parties who have a business need-to-know. They will be required to process your Personal Information only on our instructions and they are subject to an obligation of confidentiality. Our service providers are required to maintain adequate security protections in place designed to help safeguard your Personal Information and are not permitted to use it for any purpose other than fulfilling services to us.

If you have any questions about securing your personal data, please contact us in accordance with the “How to Contact Us” section below.

Information Retention

We will retain your Personal Information for as long as it is needed:

  1. to provide the products and services that you have requested;
  2. to communicate with you about a purchase or a request you have made to us;
  3. to manage your choices and rights you have exercised pursuant to this Privacy Policy;
  4. to comply with our legal and regulatory obligations and to demonstrate compliance,
  5. to resolve disputes and to enforce our rights and agreements.

We may retain non-personal information that has been sufficiently aggregated or anonymized for a longer period.

Once the retention period is over, we will dispose of your Personal Information as provided for in our internal data retention and disposal policy.

Where We Store Information

We use facilities operated by "Amazon Web Services" and located in Canada as our information storage and processing infrastructure. Our service providers can also, from time to time, store your Personal Information in accordance with purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy.


How to contact us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at 902-245-1010.