Abstract
Interferometric acuity using the IRAS white light interferometer was compared with Snellen acuity in nine amblyopic children between the ages of five and nine years, and nine aged matched controls. All of the amblyopic eyes achieved better grating acuities than Snellen acuities. Fifty-seven per cent of the amblyopes with a best corrected Snellen acuity of 6/18 or less in their amblyopic eye, achieved grating acuities indistinguishable from normal. The hand held white light interferometer may have a role in the assessment of meridional amblyopia and in children with high astigmatic errors.
Similar content being viewed by others
Article PDF
References
Campbell FW and Green DG : Optical and retinal factors affecting visual resolution. J Physiol 1965, 181: 576–93.
Faulkener W : Laser interferometric prediction of postoperative visual acuity in patients with cataracts. Am J Ophthalol 1983, 95: 626–36.
Gstalder RJ and Green DG : Laser interferometric acuity in amblyopia. J Ped Ophthalmol 1971, 8: 251–6.
Birch EE and Hale LA : Criteria for monocular acuity deficit in infancy and early childhood. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 1988, 29: 636–43.
Volkers ACW, Hagermans KH, Van der Wildt GJ and Schmitz PIM : Spatial contrast sensitivity and the diagnosis of amblyiopia. Br J Ophthalmol 1987, 71: 58–65.
Hardman-Lea S, Rubinstein MP, Loades J : The sensitive period for the development of anisometropic amblyopia. Eye (In press).
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Vernon, S., Hardman-Lea, S., Rubinstein, M. et al. White light interferometry in amblyopic children—A pilot study. Eye 4, 802–805 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1990.126
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/eye.1990.126
This article is cited by
-
Predicting potential acuities in amblyopes
Documenta Ophthalmologica (2007)