More than 10 million American children will start the school year with an undetected vision problem, says the Vision Council of America (VCA).

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The association says 80 percent of a child's learning is done visually. Research shows that 70 percent of the 2 million school-age children in the United States with reading difficulties suffer some type of visual impairment. These include ocular motor, perceptual or binocular dysfunction, says the VCA, a nonprofit optical trade association.

A recent VCA survey found that 6 percent of parents recognize that vision problems can cause learning difficulties and less than half of the parents took their child for a comprehensive eye exam within the past year.

Here are 10 signs that may indicate your child has a vision problem:

• Squinting, closing or covering one eye.
• Holding a book close to the face.
• Losing their place while reading.
• Headache, nausea, or dizziness.
• Excessive clumsiness.
• Tilting head to one side.
• Frequent daydreaming.
• Using a finger as a place mark while reading.
• Performing below potential.
• Rubbing eyes repeatedly.

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