Show WHAT YOU SHOULD EXPECT during a professional eye examination Your family optometrist recommends eye examinations both to prevent vision problems and to correct them if they occur Your eyes should be examined &t least once a year and no one should ever let more than two years elapse between examinations According to the American Optometric Association over 40 million people in the United States today have undetected vision problems and are in need of a professional vision examination! When you for an eye examination your optometrist will give you a number of tests all integrated one with the other and he will compile your case history Ile will seek information on your general health your occupation and your specific needs for visual correction if any of tests A first series is designed to determine that your eyes are healthy and free of disease A thorough eye examination can also reveal certain general health disorders A second series of tests allows your doctor to check your eyes' abilities to focus and to measure how much the eyes are out of focus These measurements which relate largely to physical characteristics of the eyes are made with special instrumentation in such a way that your personal responses of how and what you see are generally unnecessary The third series of tests will determine how accurately the eyes can move in various directions Accuracy in moving and positioning the eyes is eLsential to clear single vision and these tests though simple are of utmost importance A fourth series of tests employs questions about how and what you see with lenses before ycul eyes The answers to these questions are be At the certain examination it to periods during meaningful may your optometrist necessary to blur your vision temporarily This is no is in the intentional and for alarm since certain tests cause blurring necessary carrying out Additional series of tests may be required in individual cases where there is need for additional information regarding the health andor function of the eyes Some of the additional tests relate to the extent of the visual field measurement of the pressure within the eye (for glaucoma) color vision depth perception light sensitivity and the visual skills At the end of the tests yovr doctor will evaluate the results If they show you need correction he will prescribe the proper lenses andor a course in visual training or orthoptics A few "figures" or statistics may convince you of the need for regular examinations and a continuing program of eye care The eyes are vision healthy and free of disease in about 95 out of 100 initial examinations but two out of three adult Americans have of seriousness of handicaps varying degrees non-disea- rnwwrrgrvowF4i!r7777::r77!F7::: I ''''i:-- ' - i- WON 7777':"-'7"7:- 'i::'4::'-'':-:- ' ! : "3'2":':' - ' 11 '' 11 'll':'Y 'Ti'' ! - 'f t a' c4t 1 kis A- ca- 1:----! c: '' 4 : f ' 4 xl) ' A 1 iti( 1 1 - ' ':':i 73:'' !'0) 47"1777TV‘ - - '::': "AA-' — ieii' z : ' ' z:: iti s:t' A - ''- YrW :::':' - t' i: rtykvf - V4 ':' :' : ' ' I :::1':42i1: '? ' 7 E '1''1 77- :-- '4II t'' 4- -- r- "'r :' - -- A:sss?s 1: ::11:::T-::-2- ' A 4- 4-- ci '''' '::':''7-7-4:-- ' 144 4 1 44 :!:!t1-ti-44''''- ! - '4° N I i7'!tt - Lae 1 - 1 - tt0or"" olio ittp '''::t J : 1:::1':'4-:':i- ':-- ) 0011179171N- 11 ':''''''' ' f ' ' 11w7 ''' 4s 4 tie ' ii: i ': ' ts:'L :'- : 4 - ' ' ' ' t: I - !':7:-:2i:':7- k ' t- 6- - ' Is '‘)1' 11 '-- :q! - ' ) Pi r 11“ °' '' 1 A :i 7" ‘ t -- 'I ' t LI ' : - '' ' ' I :: 41MiiZi:t- - iN:i7 ' ' ' ' : ' C4:::-:- ''ic "'S s:fici'-3:!1Cv t ' e:o'1 : r-- A: --1 I ‘ 4 Through the use of the retinascope the optometrist can dewrmine the preSence and degree of optical error (Photo by Bausch & Lomb) ::"T IAm1001 0 ) Fil or' J A 0 t t IL1:14t & - 40000"c ' ( 1 ) ' 40e T : : let ii- '3 ' '4 ‘3444 4 et 4 lj ::- p i —1" 4 '4 -: - Ntro - I A 1 A sr N s f :41ott I a:m: - we ici'L'''' 4I'" 1 : ( utilized to view the more external structures of the is ibnormalities and to evaluate the fit of contact lens on the cornea (Piciure courtesy of Bausch & Lomb Optical Co) sxmt - - c eye for disease ' ' ::'':: - N A - ''1 ''' '''''''- ‘ - ' 11 -' ::t7-::- -' - IILJ used by the Optometrist during a professional eye examination to evaluate the cornea for astigmatic conditions and to measure the cornea in fitting contact lenses (Photo by Bausch & Lomb) The Keratometer is |