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Swimming Pool Eye Safety
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Do you know how to avoid common eye issues that can occur after swimming in a pool?
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What Causes Ocular Hypertension?
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Could the pressure inside your eye be too high?
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Eye Makeup and Your Vision
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Do you know how to prevent makeup-related eye mishaps?
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How to Choose the Best Sunglasses
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Planning on buying a new pair of sunglasses? Check out a few tips that will help you protect your eyes from the damaging effects of UV light.
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Indoor Tanning and Your Eyes
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Do you know how indoor tanning can affect your eyes?
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Questions You Should Ask Your Optometrist
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Do you know what questions to ask your optometrist during your eye exam?
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Uveitis Symptoms, Causes, and Treatments
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Do you know how uveitis could affect your eyes?
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How Nutrition Can Be Beneficial to Your Vision
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Want to protect your vision? Improving your nutrition may help.
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How Your Tears Work and Their Importance for Vision
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Do you know how your tears help keep your eyes healthy?
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Good Eye Health Is Essential for Athletes
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Do you know how eye health affects your sports ability?
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Symptoms of Age-Related Macular Degeneration
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Do you know how age-related macular degeneration can affect your vision?
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How to Keep Your Eyes Safe From Germs
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Want to avoid colds and other viruses? Taking a few steps to protect your eyes can help.
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How Sleep Can Affect Your Vision
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Do you have trouble sleeping? Sleep problems may increase your risk of eye diseases and conditions.
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The Effects of Smoking on Your Eye Health
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Do you know how smoking can harm your eyes?
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Getting Your Child Accustomed to New Glasses
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Is your child struggling to adjust to new glasses? Try a few of these tips.
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Daily Habits That May Be Harming Your Eye Health
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Could any of these habits be hurting your eyes?
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We are open for all of your eye care needs! If you have a medical eye issue and prefer not to come in the office, we still have Telemedicine appointments available to you. Please call the office to set one up at (770) 590-8191. Thank you!

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Hours of Operation

Lunch Hours: Monday - Wednesday: 12:30 - 1:30 & Thursday : 1:00 - 2:00

Monday:

8:00 am-12:30 pm

1:30 pm-5:00 pm

Tuesday:

8:00 am-12:30 pm

1:30 pm-5:00 pm

Wednesday:

7:00 am-12:30 pm

1:30 pm-4:30 pm

Thursday:

9:00 am-1:00 pm

2:00 pm-6:30 pm

Friday:

8:00 am-12:00 pm

Saturday:

Closed

Sunday:

Closed

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Testimonials

Reviews From Our Satisfied Patients

"Dr. Hester was very thorough and realistic about my eye care. The staff is very friendly and helpful. I am so glad I switched eye doctors!"

Karen P.
"It is always a pleasure going to Hester Eye Associates. Dr. Hester's staff (Amy, Kayla, and all the others) are outstanding and very friendly and helpful. Dr. Hester and his staff always explain every step of the eye exam process. I would highly recommend Dr. Hester and his office to anyone."

Matthew R.

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Saccadic Fixators

This entails a wall-mounted square board with a starburst design. Along the various striations of the starburst are lighted buttons. As the buttons light up, the patient works quickly to see how many of these lit buttons they can push before they go out. The key is to keep the head still. Peripheral ...
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Patches

Eye patches are used to strengthen muscle control in weak eyes. By placing a patch over the strong eye, the weaker eye is forced to do the heavy lifting. While it may be uncomfortable for the patient at first, the muscle controlling the weaker eye will become tougher and more resilient. This will allow ...
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Rotation Trainers

Rotation trainers consist of a disk – with various designs – that is attached to a rod-like base. As the disk rotates, the patient is asked to perform tasks that are designed to test and enhance eye-hand coordination, space awareness, perceptual awareness and visual acuity. ...
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Computer Software

Computer aided vision therapy consists of a software package designed to enhance eye tracking skills, visual thinking, processing skills and binocular vision skills. Eye teaming, focusing and tracking are not optical in nature, and problems in these areas are the result of poor eye muscles. Specialized ...
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Prisms

A prism has the same cross-section across the entire length of its shape. When used in eyeglasses, they often correct abnormalities associated with nearsightedness, farsightedness and double vision. Eyeglasses, or corrective lenses, reduce or increase the size of the image based on the eyes’ ability ...
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Hours of Operation

Lunch Hours: Monday - Wednesday: 12:30 - 1:30 & Thursday : 1:00 - 2:00

Location

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Testimonials

Reviews From Our Satisfied Patients

Featured Articles

Read up on informative topics

March Newsletter: Are Your Eyes Getting Enough Vitamin D?

March Newsletter: Is Your Prescription Up to Date? What You Need to Know about When and Why You should See Your Optometrist

Saccadic Fixators

Patches

Rotation Trainers

Computer Software

Prisms

February Newsletter: Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness Month

February Newsletter: Why Dry Eye Is So Difficult to Treat

January Newsletter: How to Tell if You Have Macular Degeneration

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