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Vision Screening Across the World
American Orthoptic Journal, 2012Pediatric vision screening is a global need. The International Orthoptic Association (IOA), comprised of fifteen full member countries and five associate member countries, is an excellent source of information to determine the current state of international vision screening efforts globally.An e-mail survey was sent to representatives of member ...
Noelle S, Matta, David I, Silbert
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Vision screening of older people
Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 2007Abstract A recent systematic review found that between 20% and 50% of older people in the UK have undetected reduced vision and in most cases this is caused by refractive error or cataracts, and is correctable. Two approaches to improve the detection of these problems are to better publicise optometric services and to carry out ...
Zahra, Jessa +3 more
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Pediatric Care Online, 2020
Key Points Vision screening should be a routine part of every primary care visit, with physical examination from birth and formal acuity testing from 3 years on. Elements of the physical examination include inspection, red reflex evaluation, corneal light reflection, cover-uncover test. Instrument-based testing can begin at 1 year of age
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Key Points Vision screening should be a routine part of every primary care visit, with physical examination from birth and formal acuity testing from 3 years on. Elements of the physical examination include inspection, red reflex evaluation, corneal light reflection, cover-uncover test. Instrument-based testing can begin at 1 year of age
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Portable vision screenings system
2017 Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference (APSIPA ASC), 2017Visual acuity (VA) is a mandatory test in vision screenings. It is used to examine if there are any potential eye-sight problems in patients. Currently, the VA tests are performed in an analog format, such as using a paper chart and a light box. These materials are easily degraded by dirt and moist.
Yeun Lok Lin, Ngai-Fong Law, Chi-Wai Do
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Is School Vision Screening Effective?
Journal of School Health, 1996ABSTRACT: A population‐based cohort of all children entering kindergarten in a three‐year period (N = 2,938) was followed retrospectively from kindergarten through 12th grade to estimate incidence of abnormal school vision screening tests and rates of follow‐up by community ophthalmologists or optometrists.
B P, Yawn +3 more
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A Vision of the Future of Newborn Screening
Pediatrics, 2006In 40 years, newborn screening has evolved to become a standard component of preventive public health. Despite its widespread acceptance, efforts need to be made to overcome some significant problems. There is inequity in the conditions for which states screen routinely, and many conditions that could be screened for are not, for economic or logistic ...
Duane, Alexander, Peter C, van Dyck
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Effectiveness of preschool vision screening
Nursing Standard, 1997The ninth systematic review (Snowdon and Stewart-Brown 1997) from the NHS Centre for Reviews and Dissemination concludes that the lack of good evidence about the effectiveness of preschool vision screening justifies the withdrawal of the programme. The authors are concerned about the ethical correctness of inviting very young children to an implicitly ...
S, Snowdon, S, Stewart-Brown
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CEREBRAL PALSY VISION SCREENING
American journal of optometry and archives of American Academy of Optometry, 1972ABSTRACT A comprehensive preschool‐age vision screening program is applied to students with cerebral palsy. Based upon actual test results on a selected number of afflicted children. various tests are evaluated. These include visual acuity, fusion, squint, refractive error, and motility.
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Vision screening in junior schools
Public Health, 1996A prospective study of routine school vision tests in 1809 children aged 8 and 10 y was undertaken in schools in the Cambridge Health District over two years (1988-1990) to establish whether a significant number of defects of vision were detected. Although the visual acuity of 31% of children who had an abnormal test was recorded as abnormal, most ...
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