title: An optometric clinic in a state institution for the severely retarded.
abstract: A report of the establishment of an optometric clinic in a state hospital for the severely retarded. A discussion of problems, techniques, equipment involved, and an analysis of the first fourteen months of operation. A somewhat detailed report of the results of re-evaluating sixty-three patients in an attempt to establish the worth of the project.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006757:Hospital Units; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008396:Maryland; D008722:Methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009907:Optometry / Q000295:instrumentation; D010349:Patient Compliance; D012030:Refractive Errors / Q000534:rehabilitation