PRELIMNARY TEST Flashcards
A logical starting point, as any complaints of BOV elicited can be confirmed
Visual Acuity
Is the amount of luminous flux incident on a surface area per unit area of the surface and can be specified in ft candles
Illuminance
Is a measure of the luminous flux emitted or reflected per unit area of a source as measured per unit area of a light-sensitive surface
Luminance
To measure VA at 40cm, the examiner uses a
Reduced snellen chart
A chart that can be used to test VA for preschool children who have not yet learned the alphabet
Birthday cake project-o-chart slide
A VA chart for children between ages 3 and 6 years old who cannot recognize letters
Tumbling E chart
A VA chart where the examiner state “somebody has taken a bite out of this doughnut” and asks the child to point to the part of the doughnut that is missing
Landolt C chart
Consists of set of 7 cards, each containing a single picture that can be used for children 2 years and older
Allen preschool vision chart
STYCAR means
Screening test for young children and retardates
Consists of letter charts designed for use at 10 and 20 foot distances together with sets of miniature eating utensils and a number of toys
STYCAR
A large card used in STYCAR is called
Key card
A VA testing that provides a large key card for use of the child but uses a spiral-bound booklet
Sheridan gardener VA test
The sheriden-gardener test also includes a ______ chart for near testing
Reduced snellen
Both have a “lap card” that the child holds and a VA chart at 10 or 20 ft.
THE HOTV letter chart and Lea Symbols
By the means of this test, the practitioner can determine the presence and absence of a tropia
Unilateral cover test
The unilateral cover test is also known as
Cover-uncover test
By means of this test, the practitioner can determine whether a phoria or tropia is present but cannot differentiate between the two
Alternating cover test
In this test, the occluder is placed in front of the right eye, held there for about 1 sec, and then removed. The practitioner observes the patient’s left eye for any movement.
Unilateral cover test
A tropia may be present at some times and not at others
Intermittent tropia
A tropia that is found at one testing distance but not at another
Periodic tropia
If a patient has ____, each eye will be seen to turn upward or downward just as the cover is removed
Vertical phoria
A convenient test for determining the presence of strabismus at near
Corneal reflex test
A test useful for a child whose results with the unilateral cover test were questionable
Corneal reflex test
If no tropia exist in corneal reflex test, the corneal reflex will be located
Approximately 0.5 mm nasal to the center of pupil
An small angle in the line of sight measured from the entrance of the pupil
Angle lambda
Methods used to evaluate corneal reflex
Hirschberg test
Krimsky’s method
Angle lambda
In esotropic patients, the corneal reflex for the deviating eye is displaced
Temporally
In exotropic patients, the eye is displaced
Nasally
Each mm of displacement of the corneal reflex indicates how many prism of strabismus?
22 prism
In this method, a prism is placed in front of the deviating eye while using the alternating cover test
Krimsky’s method
Expected value for NPC
8cm or less
In this test, the examiner ask the patient to report when a row of letters begins to blur and remains blurred
NPA
A test designed to test the action of the horizontal rectus muscles, vertical recti, oblique muscles, etc
Broad H test
A muscle that turns the eye upward when it is already turned to the right
Right-hand elevator
A muscle that turns the eye downward when it is already turned to the right is called
Right-hand depressor
A test where the examiner ask the patient to wear a pair of red/green glasses because one eye appears to lag behind the field
Diplopia field test