Visual acuity assessment: A comparison of two tests for measuring children's vision

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 541-546

  Jones, Deborah ^a   Westall, Carol ^b   Averbeck, Karin ^c   Abdolell, Mohamed ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c BAUSCH AND LOMB   (United States)

Author keywords

Amblyopia; Children; Kay Picture Test; logMAR Crowded Test; Visual acuity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT; MONOCULAR VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; AGE; AMBLYOPIA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CARE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AMBLYOPIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; VISION TESTS; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 1542544690     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00150.x     Document Type: Article

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