title: Age norms for monocular grating acuity measured by sweep-VEP in the first three years of age.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To determine age norms for grating visual acuity and interocular acuity differences measured by the sweep-visually evoked potentials (VEP) technique in the first three years of life.
  
  
  METHODS
  Monocular grating visual acuity was measured using the sweep-VEP in 67 healthy normal infants and children in the first 36 months of life.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Sweep-VEP grating acuity ranged from 0.80 logMAR (20/125 Snellen equivalent) in the first month of life to 0.06 logMAR (20/20 Snellen equivalent) at 36 months of age. Lower normal limits (95th percentile limit) ranged from 0.95 logMAR (20/180) to 0.12 logMAR (20/25) with a progression of approximately 3 octaves in the first 36 months of age. The largest acceptable interocular acuity difference for clinical purposes was 0.10 logMAR.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Age norms for grating acuity along with interocular acuity differences were determined using the sweep-VEP technique. These norms should be incorporated in clinical practice for precise diagnosis of visual status in infants and preverbal children.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brasil. ssalomao@oftalmo.epm.br
authors.forename: Solange Rios
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Salomão
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ejzenbaum
authors.forename: Adriana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Berezovsky
authors.forename: Paula Yuri
authors.initials: PY
authors.lastname: Sacai
authors.forename: Josenilson Martins
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Pereira
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D005074:Evoked Potentials, Visual / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D010364:Pattern Recognition, Visual / Q000502:physiology; D012016:Reference Values; D012684:Sensory Thresholds / Q000502:physiology; D014787:Vision Tests / Q000379:methods*; D015349:Vision, Monocular / Q000502:physiology*; D014792:Visual Acuity / Q000502:physiology*