I tested several very young children with the keritometer-autorefractor in
Honduras. All they had to do was look at the little red house through the
eyepiece.
Tina
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> I had no idea until our son with autism attended his first Special
> Olympics, were we encountered optometrists who performed eye exams and
> provided glasses to participants, that it is possible for the eye doc to
> get very, very close to the correct prescription without any cooperation
> from the patient at all, other than tolerating the exam. All that “one
> better-two better” stuff we are used to merely refines what’s already
> obvious to the doc. Or so I’ve been told.
>
> --Bob Whitmire
> Certified Neanderthal
>
> On Jul 29, 2014, at 8:48 AM, David Thatcher <davidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > The specialist uses atropine drops to relax the eyes - gives 'that
> > space-cadet look'. Then they test the eye focal points and look for
> > astigmatism with a scope that both the doctor and patient look into.
> > This is not a terribly precise science, and their eyes change rapidly-
> > so the appointments are frequent. The annoying bit is when you get a
> > prescription change, and then they change it back at the next
> > appointment...
>
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