Flashcards in Visual Acuity Deck (32)
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visual acuity
the criterion for an adequate refraction
foundation on which the vision exam is built
not necessarily the final endpoint of an exam
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Types of visual acuity
Detection acuity
Resolution acuity
Recognition acuity
Contrast sensitivity
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Detection acuity
seeing an object on a background that is different from the object itself
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Resolution acuity
the ability to see a misalignment (a line is broken)
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Recognition acuity
being able to identify two or more objects on a contrasting background
acuity that is most commonly thought of
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Low literacy or non verbal tests
Tumbling E & Landolt C
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Recognition acuity tests
Snellen is the most common (E on top)
Logmar chart
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Contrast sensitivity
minimum contrast that is still perceivable by the patient
measured by test gratings of equal width
can vary contrast and frequency
30 cycles/degree = 20/20
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Visual Acuity Notation Numerator
how far away the patient stands from the object
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Visual Acuity Notation Denominator
distance at which the letters subtend 5' of arc at the nodal point of the eye or the letter the patient reads
normal terms: distance at which the letters take up five minutes (5/60ths) of one degree of space of their visual field
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What 20/20 means
If a person is standing 20 feet away from a target, the smallest letters identified would subtend 5' of the visual field
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What 20/40 means
A person standing 20 feet away from a target, the smallest letters identified would subtend 5' of arc if that person stood 40 ft away
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Smallest object a human eye can see
1' of arc detail
limited by cone density and neural connections
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Finding 3 month old visual acuity
fix & follow in both eyes
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Finding newborn old visual acuity
pupils react to light
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Finding 93 year old visual acuity (cateracts)
finger counting from 1 ft away
if it's really bad may need to ask for which direction your hand moves
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Objective acuity measurements
optokinetic (OKN) drum
catford drum
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OKN drum
measures visual perception based on the optokinetic response (subconscious response to movement)
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Catford drum
tests for visual perception also using optokinetic response, but has bars of varying sizes
no longer used (scary metal thing)
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VA sc
visual acuity without correction
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VA cc
visual acuity with correction
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Snellen letter size
*indicates at what distance a letter subtends 5' of arc at the nodal point
*based on the tangent of the angle
*height of a 20/20 letter for a chart designed for 20 ft (6 m) is 8.73 mm (tan(5') = height * 6000 mm)
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Relationship between Snellen Letters
Linear
a 20 ft chart: 20/200 = 87.3 mm, 20/40 = 17.46 mm, etc
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Hardest Snellen letter
B
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Easiest Snellen letter
L
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Myopia
*aka near sighted
*can't see well far away
*can see nearby
*have elongated eye : light focuses in front of eye : need - lens to correct
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hyperopia
*aka far sighted
*can't see well nearby
*can see far away
*have shortened eye : light focuses behind eye : need + lens to correct
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Things that affect visual acuity
pupil size
pinhole acuity
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Pinhole acuity
has a pinhole of 1 mm diameter
tested with a pinhole occluder
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Alger brush
Used to help mend rough edged corneal abrasions (cleans up lines and helps epithelial cells quickly & cleanly heal)
*Bowman’s stops it
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Layers of the cornea
Carneal epithelium
Bowman’s membrane
Stroma
Dua’s layer
Descemet’s membrane
Corneal endothelium
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