Measuring Vision in Children

Measuring vision in children is a special skill requiring time, patience and understanding. Methods should be adapted to the childs age, abilities, knowledge and experience. Young children are not able to describe their vision or explain their visual symptoms. Through observation, and with informati...

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Main Author: Petra Verweyen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Centre for Eye Health (ICEH), London 2004-01-01
Series:Community Eye Health Journal
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Online Access:http://www.cehjournal.org/0953-6833/17/jceh_17_50_027.html
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Summary:Measuring vision in children is a special skill requiring time, patience and understanding. Methods should be adapted to the childs age, abilities, knowledge and experience. Young children are not able to describe their vision or explain their visual symptoms. Through observation, and with information from the mother or guardian, functional vision can be evaluated. While testing and observing children, an experienced assessor notices their responses to visual stimuli. These must be compared with the expected functional vision for children of the same age and abilities, so it is important to know the normal visual development.
ISSN:0953-6833