Visual acuity screening of infants and young children with the acuity card procedure.
A new acuity test for infants and young children between 1 and 36 months of age is described. The test was used to evaluate the acuities of 66 infants and young children during a one-day vision screening. At least one estimate of visual acuity was obtained from 63 of the 66 children. Fifty-two of the children completed two monocular acuity tests (or two monocular tests plus a binocular test). The average total test time for these 52 children was less than 15 minutes. Results indicate that the acuity card procedure can be used as a complement to standard optometric tests for large-scale screening of infants and young children.
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D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005403:Fixation, Ocular; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D014792:Visual Acuity