title: Assessment of accommodative facility using MEM retinoscopy.
abstract: Subjective testing of accommodative facility can be difficult with young or nonverbal children, and children with learning problems. A new technique to objectively assess accommodative facility using monocular estimation method (MEM) retinoscopy is described. The objective technique was compared to a subjective assessment of accommodative facility, and the techniques were in agreement 86% of the time. Possible clinical usefulness of the objective procedure is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Philadelphia 19141.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gallaway
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Scheiman
mesh_terms: D000065:Accommodation, Ocular; D000328:Adult; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D006801:Humans; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity