Functional Vision Entrance Tests Flashcards
What can children recieve if there is a failure to properly diagnose and treat binocular problems?
amblyopia
What do we look for in vision screenings that are the most common risk factors for amblyopia?
strabismus and anisometropia
what is anisometropia
a difference in refractive error btwn 2 eyes
what are the 2 categories that binocular vision problems fall under?
- problems where binocular vision is maintained but is stressful and uncomfortable 2. binocular is absent (tropias or strabismus) and can lead to amblyopia
what is the definition of binocular
the use of both eyes simultaneously in such a manner that each retinal image contributes to the final perception
what is functional vision
the ability to focus and coordinate the two eyes comfortably for visual tasks (esp at near). accomadtive and binocular skills
what is fusion
the act of blending of uniting 2 elements
what are 2 types of fusion
sensory and motor
what is sensory fusion
the ability to combine sensory info from each eye into a single image
what are 2 sensory fusion tests
worth 4 dot and stereopsis
what is motor fusion
the ability to align the 2 eyes and maintain alignment
what are tests for motor fusion (4)
hirschberg, krimsky, brukner, cover test
why are we binocular
- spare eye
- larger field of view
- defects in one eye are masked by a normal image in the other eye
- some visual perceptions better w/ 2 eyes than 1 (ex. VA)
- steropsis
is monocular or binocular perception developed first
binocular, by age of 4-6 months
what are monocular cues used for
far distances
what are the prerequisites for binocularity
- 2 eyes function normally and equally
- retinal image to od and os agree in size, illuminace, and color (senosry fusion)
- eyes can be aligned so the retinal images of a fixed obj can be placed and maintained on the foveas of the 2 eyes (motor fusion)
what is steropsis
binocular perception of depth that results from having a slightly diff view from each eye and combined to single image
what does steopsis give us
fine motor coordination, better manipulative skills, better perception of 3D space
what is local sign
a characteristic of the sensory system that tells us where things are located in space relative to one another and to ourslves.
- innate
- cortical
what is principal visual direction?
the local sign of fovea corresponds to straight ahead
what are corresponding points
pairs of points, one in each eye, that have the same visual direction, send their nerve impulses to the same point in the same visual cortex and give rise to sensory fusion
pairs of points, one in each eye, that have the same visual direction, send their nerve impulses to the same point in the same visual cortex and give rise to sensory fusion
corresponding points