MODULE 4: ASSESSMENT OF OCULAR FUNCTION (Part 1) Flashcards
What are the 4 types of VA?
- Detection (minimum visible)
- Resolution (minimum resolvable)
- Recognition (minimum recognizable)
- Hyperacuity (minimum discriminable
- Refers to the smallest test object that can be detected.
Detection (minimum visible)
- May grossly overestimate va in visually impaired children
Detection (minimum visible)
stycar balls and ‘hundreds and thousands’
Detection (minimum visible)
- Detection tasks are often less affected by visual impairment than complex acuity tasks
Detection (minimum visible)
- Motor problem reducing control of fine hand movements rather than the inability to detect the targets could cause failure to the test.
Detection (minimum visible)
- Measures the smallest angular separation between adjacent targets than can be resolved
RESOLUTION (MINIMUM RESOLVABLE)
PL TEST AND VEP
RESOLUTION (MINIMUM RESOLVABLE)
- More useful and sensitive measure of va than detection tests.
RESOLUTION (MINIMUM RESOLVABLE)
- Can be successful in estimating acuity in infants from birth
RESOLUTION (MINIMUM RESOLVABLE)
- Children from about 2.5 years of age can be tested successfully
RECOGNITION (MINIMUM RECOGNISABLE)
- Refers to the ability to identify a form or its orientation
RECOGNITION (MINIMUM RECOGNISABLE)
snellen chart, acuity tests that use both letters or other optotypes
RECOGNITION (MINIMUM RECOGNISABLE)
smaller target size
RECOGNITION (MINIMUM RECOGNISABLE)
larger target size
RESOLUTION (MINIMUM RESOLVABLE)
affected by contour interaction - crowding phenomenon
RECOGNITION (MINIMUM RECOGNISABLE)
not affected by contour interaction
RESOLUTION (MINIMUM RESOLVABLE)
less degraded in peripheral retina, stimulates parafoveal area
RESOLUTION (MINIMUM RESOLVABLE)
more degraded in peripheral retina, does not stimulate parafoveal areas
RECOGNITION (MINIMUM RECOGNISABLE)
_____________ acuities are more sensitive to pathological and physiological degradation when compared with __________ acuities.
Recognition, resolution
vernier acuity and stereoacuity
HYPERACUITY (MINIMUM DISCRIMINABLE)
- Ability to determine differences between two stimuli (size, orientation and position)
HYPERACUITY (MINIMUM DISCRIMINABLE)
- Limited less by optical and retinal factors
HYPERACUITY (MINIMUM DISCRIMINABLE)
- Believed to reflect cortical processing
HYPERACUITY (MINIMUM DISCRIMINABLE)
Can detect children with reduced binocular acuity
VA
- Detect interocular acuity difference
VA
VA doesn’t need to be test monocularly
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
* Need to test va monocularly otherwise amblyopia will not be detected
- A VA test with one eye open only represents the VA in the good eye
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
* A va test with both eyes open only represents the va in the good eye
To monitor the treatment efficacy (change in acuity resulting in spectacle rx)
VA
Test target are white balls with diameter ranging from 3mm - 6.16cm
STYCAR GRADED BALL TEST
In stycar graded ball test, the biggest ball fixed is recorded as estimate of child’s acuity
TRUE OR FALSE
FALSE
The smallest ball fixed is recorded as estimate of child’s acuity
The child watches as the balls are presented (_____ or mounted on stick) against a ___________ _________ by the hidden examiner.
rolled, black screen
Screening Test for Young Children and Retardates
* Age: 3 months to 2 years
STYCAR GRADED BALL TEST
A not a reliable measure of VA
HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS
- sprinkles are held in the palm of the hand are used to gain attention for infants over 6 months old
HUNDREDS AND THOUSANDS
At 9 months in hundreds and thousands, the baby may attempt to?
prod the decorations
At 1 yr old in hundreds and thousands, the baby may?
attempt to pick them up
A child will prefer to look at an object with visual interest (grating) rather than a plain field of the same luminance
PREFERENTIAL LOOKING
- Used from birth and most appropriate acuity test for children under 2.5 years
PREFERENTIAL LOOKING
- When the grating is too narrow to be differentiated, the child will ____ ________ at one side or the other
gaze randomly
What are the 2 types of PL pattern?
- SQUARE-WAVE GRATINGS
- VANISHING OPTOTYPES
alternating black and white lines of equal thickness and length
SQUARE-WAVE GRATINGS
use pictures constructed of black and white lines
VANISHING OPTOTYPES