Initial Evaluation

Diagnostic Evaluation
The initial evaluation will typically consist of an eye evaluation to determine the health status. It would also include an examination of the seeing and the sharpness of seeing. This is most often thought of as a "Vision Exam", but is in fact only a "Eyesight" portion of the examination to determine how clearly a person is able to see the details of letters at 20 feet, often referred to as 20/20 or 6/6 vision. Glasses, contact lenses, or other aids may be recommended to give the appropiate correction. Performance, learning, or stress reducing lenses may also be recommended for close work or occupational needs such as computer glasses. As you will soon learn vision is certainly not eyesight, as the determination of the sharpness of seeing is only a single aspect of a very complex area of Vision.

Functional Visual Fields

In addition to this, specialized testing to measure the how much visual information from the eye is available to be processed from the Visual Fields.

Binocularity

An evaluation of the percentage and way visual information is processed simultaneously by both eyes is measured with the Binocularity procedure.

Supplemental Testing

From the case history and goals desired, various testing instruments are utilized to gain additional insight into where the patient is presently achieving and areas that may need specific rehabilitation and therapy. These will vary depending on the initial diagnoses and presenting complaints. Very often beginning and ending evaluations are administered to monitor the changes from therapy. Some additional forms of testing may include, Visual Attention, Visual Form Perception, Visual Memory, Visual-Motor Dysfunction, Visualization.

Developmental Testing

These supplemental tests, will evaluate various skills that are necessary for accurate visual performance. These could involve many aspects referenced with the 4 L's of Learning

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