Color Vision And Health Assessment Flashcards
What colors can infants differentiate?
Black, white and red
What additional colors can 1 month olds differentiate?
Blue and green from gray
What additional colors can babies distinguish at 3 months?
Yellow, green, and blue from gray
All color books have a test plate that everyone can see… why?
See if the child understands the test, identify malingerer
What does HRR allow you to quantify?
Mild medium and strong protan/deutan and medium or strong tritan
What happens if a child misses any of the screening plates?
Do the entire book, add up the columns and the last column with error is the severity
What is color vision testing made easy by Waggoner?
Idk really, simple pictures and symbols
What do the ishihara plates distinguish?
R/G defect, the last plates can differentiate deutan from protan and strong from mild
What does the D-15 differentiate?
Protan from deutan from tritan, graphical results by number
Which color tests are reimbursable?
D15 and Computer color vision
What do computer color vision tests differentiate?
Cone function by wavelength, can monitor changes over time
What tests are involved in the health assessment?
Pupils, visual fields, anterior segment, IOP, posterior segment/dilation
What are two reasons for pupil testing?
Required for exam billing, detects neurological problems
T/F infants have miotic, sluggish pupils
True
What is one way to examine pupils in infants?
Use DO
What are two reasons for visual field testing?
Required for exam billing and finds problems with peripheral vision
What is an example of a disease, developmental condition and congenital/acquired condition that affects the visual field?
Ds: retinitis pigmentosa, develop: cerebral palsy, congenital/aqu: strokes, TBI, tumor
How is visual field testing done in infants?
Have child fixate central target and bring additional target from periphery, child should observe it, MUST BE NON AUDITORY