Visual Efficiency Treatment

Question 1

When would you give surgery as a treatment?

Answer 1

Usually only on strabismus patients unless the patient has a >30 diopter phoria at all distances.
You may also consider it for patients who have vertical phoria.

Question 2

What can occlusion be used for?

Answer 2

Amblyopia, strabismus, and suppression.

Question 3

What system do prisms effect?

Answer 3

Fusional vergence demands

Question 4

Are adds more effective on a patient with High, Low, or normal AC/A?

Answer 4

Adds more effective on High AC/A

Question 5

Typically, what kind of lenses would you give a patient who has a convergence excess?

Answer 5

Plus lens to relax accommodation at near when allows them to relax in more exo position.

Question 6

Do adding lenses on a Low AC/A patient have a big or small effect on the patients phoria?

Answer 6

Small effect. Phoria doesn’t change much