Exam 2 Material

Question 1

What are the 2 low AC/A conditions?

Answer 1

1. Convergence Insufficiency

2. Divergence Insufficiency

Question 2

What group of data is low for CI?

Answer 2

NPC and PFV

Exo at near is high

Question 3

How is CI best treated?

Answer 3

Vision Therapy

Question 4

Name primary and secondary outcomes of the CITT study.

Answer 4

Primary -

Secondary -

Question 5

What is pseudo CI and how do you rule it out clinically?

Answer 5

Accommodative insufficiency

Perform monocular amplitude of accommodation

Question 6

What are the 3 accommodation diagnoses?

Answer 6

1. Accommodative Insufficiency
2. Accommodative Excess
3. Accommodative Infacility

Question 7

What is the most prevalent minimal BV dysfunction?

Answer 7

Convergence Insufficiency

Question 8

At what age do most CI symptoms occur?

Answer 8

School age

Question 9

What group of data is low for CE?

Answer 9

NFV

Eso should be greater at near

Question 10

How is CE best treated?

Answer 10

ADD (plus lenses at near)

or BO prism and VT

Question 11

How is simulated DE evaluated?

Answer 11

If prolonged occlusion decreased the difference between distance and near phoria OR
+3.00 add test screens for high AC/A

Question 12

How may adding minus lenses help a DE patient?

Answer 12

May help to converge the eyes

Question 13

When might surgery help a DE patient?

Answer 13

If no other methods work

If cosmetics are an issue to the patient

Question 14

What would VT of a CE patient consist of?

Answer 14

Diplopia awareness

Training with BO prism

Question 15

What are clinical findings for AE?

Answer 15

Blur at distance

Asthenopia

Question 16

What are clinical findings for AI?

Answer 16

Blur at near
Strain with near tasks
Difficulty with attention while reading

Question 17

What are clinical findings for accommodative infacility?

Answer 17

Difficulty switching from distance to near viewing

Intermittent blur at near

Question 18

Define fixations, pursuits, and saccades.

Answer 18

Fixations: Directing attention to stationary target
Pursuits: Following a smooth moving target
Saccades: Rapid shifts in fixation like during reading

Question 19

What are the different methods for eye movement testing?

Answer 19

Saccades: NSUCO, DEM, King Devick, Visagraph, SCCO
Pursuits: NSUCO, SCCO

Question 20

Which methods of eye movement testing use standardized norms?

Answer 20

NSUCO, DEM, King Devick, Visagraph

Question 21

What is different between DEM and King Devick?

Answer 21

King Devick has no vertical score

Used as concussion testing on sideline