Grating-acuity in children. Normal values of visual acuity in children up to 13 years as assessed by the acuity card procedure.
The acuity card procedure proved to be a useful method for assessing visual acuity in children. Normal values of visual acuity measured by this method had already been assessed in children up to four years. To enable application of the test in older children this study obtained values in a group of 396 normal children, aged three months to 13 years. The mean curve as well as the 10th centile was calculated in different age groups. A considerable variation of acuity values causing a 'dip' in the 10th centile was found in the ages 18 to 24 months. A smaller 'dip' was found in the ages 48 to 52 months. This has to be attributed to behavioural properties connected with age. The results obtained in the group of children under four years of age corresponded fairly well with other studies. In schoolchildren a fair agreement could also be found between the data obtained using the acuity card procedure and the data obtained with the Landolt-C rings. Obtaining normal values for the acuity card procedure in children covering a wide age range facilitates recognition of visual handicap in children who are difficult to assess.
Schenk-Rootlieb
A J
AJ
Department of Child Neurology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
van Nieuwenhuizen
O
O
van Zoggel
J
J
van der Graaf
Y
Y
Willemse
J
J
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D012016:Reference Values; D012044:Regression Analysis; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000379:methods; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*