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Our Services
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Comprehensive Eye Health Examinations |
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We have provided the highest
quality glasses and eye care to Cookeville, Tennessee and the
surrounding area for over forty years.
Few things are more precious to
us than our sight. Most people should have a comprehensive eye
health examination at least once per year. In addition to
measuring your visual acuity, refraction, eye coordination and
visual skills, we also take the time to thoroughly evaluate your
eye health including cataract, glaucoma and retinal evaluation.
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At our office
you will find a very child friendly environment. Children have
special needs as their visual systems develop and our doctors
are skilled in recognizing and treating children’s visual
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Our doctors are licensed by the Tennessee
Division of Health Related Boards in diagnosis and treatment of
ocular disease. We also have equipment in office for management
of cataracts, glaucoma, macular degeneration, and many other eye
diseases. If you have concerns about your eye health or are
being treated for an eye disease, you can trust that our doctors
will exercise great skill and care in addressing your needs. |
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Contact Lens Fitting and Evaluation |
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Contact lenses can provide clear vision
correction for many types of visual problems, including near and
far sightedness and astigmatism. They may eliminate the need
for bifocals or reading glasses. We also provide contact lens
care for corneal conditions such as Keratoconus. If you are
tired of wearing glasses, be sure to ask about contact lenses. |
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Extensive Eyewear Selection |
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From the simplest prescription to the most
complex we can provide you with glasses that will give you your
best possible vision and comfort. Single vision, bifocal,
trifocal, progressive lenses (no line bifocals), safety, prism:
we will find the lenses to fit your needs. We also offer a wide
variety of child and adult frames to fit your personality.
We carry Calvin Klein, Burberry, Coach, Fossil, Nike Flexon, Nine West,
Vera Bradley, Laura Ashley, Elizabeth
Arden, Nichole Miller, Sophia Loren, Nautica, Hart Schaffner & Marx,
Randy Jackson,
Georgio Armani, Hummer, Chesterfield, Disney, Cutter & Buck
brand eyewear as well as Nike, Ray Ban, Coach, and Burberry sunwear. For the
budget-minded, we also have many economical "total package"
programs. |
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You may be asked for permission to have your eyes dilated
during the course of your exam with Dr. Huddleston or Dr. Shepherd.
Many people want to know, “Do I need to have my eyes dilated?”
First of all, let's discuss the
purpose of dilating eye drops. Our eyes respond to bright lights
by constricting the pupil and therefore allowing less light into the
eye. Dilation relaxes the muscles that are responsible for this
reaction, thereby enlarging the area through which light passes.
When your doctor examines your eye, he examines all structures inside
the eye including the retina, which covers the entire back surface of
the eye. Dilation allows your doctor to see all structures, especially
the retina, very clearly. Dilation might be compared to the difference
between looking into a room though the keyhole of a door, verses looking
into a room with the door open.
Patients who
have their eyes dilated may relax in our separate dilation waiting room,
or browse the eyewear selection while they wait.
Dr. Shepherd and Dr. Huddleston will be happy to discuss this topic
further with you during your examination.
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