Understanding How A Vision Screener Works

By Jaclyn Hurley


It is best to detect any eye disorder early as this make most treatments easy as less costly. For this reason, children are taken through vision screening starting from early age. Conducting this form of screening without having to visit an optician could have been impossible if not for a vision screener which has made it a cheap and easy venture on a large scale in community settings such as health fairs, fun days, preschools and grade schools, churches, medical centers and even the pediatrician clinics or at homes.

The devices enjoys support from published testimonials and findings in medical journals majority of which are validated and have been commissioned by renown medical professionals. The public on the other hands have added their support in praising the level of efficiency and importance of these devices. There are used by school nurses, pediatricians, opticians and Lions club because they are very easy to use. In fact, one does not need any medical background to use one and interpret the results.

The only required compliance is a short camera fixation. It has high level of accuracy and the results can be fully trusted. It is also able to screen two eyes all at once and the distance required for screening is about one meter or 3.3 feet from the camera. After just 0.8 seconds, the (PASS or REFER) results can be displayed on the screen automatically.

This means that even non-medical staff can actually perform the screening. The person to perform screening starts by pulling the camera trigger to start; this is followed by a sound that is meant to attract attention. The image of both eyes is captured on a white triangle on the screen that then allows for performing the necessary measurements. The recommended screening distance is one meter (3.3 feet) from the camera. The tolerance level is +-5 centimeters or +-2 inches. The results are then displayed on the screen in a matter of seconds.

In order to come up with results, the measurements performed include determination of refraction size, pupil size and the corneal reflexes. These are then compared to referral criteria that are age based. For anisometropia, refractions of both eyes are compared while corneal irregularity is determined for astigmatism.

In order to diagnose myopia, the nearsightedness is checked and farsightedness checked for hyperopia. The other checks that are done include comparison of pupil sizes for both eyes for anisocoria and determination of symmetric eye alignment for corneal reflexes. All these happen automatically in seconds hence the immediate results displayed on the screen.

All the measurements are automatically performed followed by a PASS which indicates that all the measurements for all the conditions are within the normal range. In case one or more measurements does not fall within the normal range, the REFER measurement will be displayed.

This can either be a PASS that indicates that all measurements are within the normal range and hence none of the conditions has been detected. In case any of the measurement is not within the normal range, a REFER is the result displayed and it requires visiting the optician.




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