MODULE 4: ASSESSMENT OF OCULAR FUNCTION (Part 1) Flashcards
(109 cards)
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)