Vision Science Research Group

Downloadable copy of Summary Report

Dr Julie-Anne Little — 2013-04-21T08:56:35Z

Summary Report

How to get a Spectacle prescription dispensed

Dr Julie-Anne Little — 2013-03-20T09:43:00Z

Instructions for getting spectacles made up • Bring the Spectacle Prescription form in to your local optometrist/optician's. This is the ‘voucher' which entitles your child to spectacle lenses the NHS reimburse. • You do not usually need an appointment to visit your optometrist/optician's to get spectacles dispensed, but sometimes it is worth a preliminary visit to talk to the optometrist/optician and find a quiet time to bring your child to the practice. • You will need to bring your child's (...)

- 05. What to do when given a Spectacle Prescription

Professional Certificate in Glaucoma

Dr Julie-Anne Little — 2013-02-04T10:58:53Z

- 01. Professional Certificate in Glaucoma

Visual Acuity - what do the numbers mean?

Dr Julie-Anne Little — 2013-02-04T10:58:12Z

Visual Acuity - what do the numbers mean?

- 02. Visual Acuity

4. Sarah Atkinson

Dr Julie-Anne Little — 2013-01-22T10:38:53Z

s.atkinson@ulster.ac.uk

- 60. Research Associates

Contact Us

Dr Julie-Anne Little — 2013-01-09T13:28:23Z

All enquiries regarding the Vision Science research within the School of Biomedical Sciences should be directed to the Research Group Leader, Professor Tara Moore, whose contact details are below. Vision Science Research Group School of Biomedical Sciences University of Ulster Cromore Road Coleraine Co. Londonderry BT52 1SA Tel :+44 (0)28 70124577 Email: (...)

- 99. Contact Us

Functional Visual Assessment reports

Dr Julie-Anne Little — 2012-09-26T17:10:05Z

Case study 1 Mark* Aged 9 years General background: older primary school age child with autism. Attends school for children with special needs. Visual summary: Good visual acuity but evidence of CVI (dorsal stream involvement) from visual skills inventory. Strategies offered relevant to profile from visual skills inventory. View Report View Strategies Case study 2 David* Aged 4 years General background: Pre-school child with Down syndrome moving into mainstream (...)

- 04. Effective Report Writing

How is Visual Acuity Measured?

olivier — 2012-09-10T15:44:01Z

Visual acuity is often measured by the Optometrist, Optician or Orthoptist by asking the patient to read progressively smaller letters presented on a wall chart six meters (20 feet) away. Children may be asked to identify letters or pictures either by naming or matching them with a key card. Letter and picture tests measure recognition (or identification) acuity. For more information on recognition acuity click here Young children or those with communication difficulties can be (...)

- 02. How is Visual acuity measured?

Resolution Visual Acuity

olivier — 2012-09-10T14:04:52Z

Where communication is limited, or the child is very young, the patient's looking behaviour is interpreted to assess whether they can see targets made up of increasingly fine black and white lines. These tests are called preferential looking (PL) tests. The photograph below depicts the Cardiff Acuity Test (top) and the Keeler Acuity Cards (bottom). These are both preferential-looking tests of resolution acuity. In hospital clinics electrophysiological measures such as the visual evoked (...)

- 04. Resolution Visual acuity

Recognition Visual Acuity

olivier — 2012-09-10T13:53:58Z

The recognition (or identification) acuity of a person's visual system refers to the smallest detail whose form can be recognised. This type of acuity measured by a standard letter chart. The patient must recognise the letters and identify them correctly. When the letters reach the limit of the person's recognition acuity they are too small for the detail within them to be distinguished. At this point, for example, an 'N' may be indistinguishable from an 'H'. Younger patients or (...)

- 05. Recognition Visual acuity