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feel comfortable and safe. The
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for each area of our
department. Our prices are
sufficient for everyone, and
sometimes they may
negotiable, and we accept any
insurance company. If you ever
have any complaints, they will
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Information Central

By: Katarina Mayer and Julia

Calhoun

Eye
Exams:
Whats
going
on?

Overview of Eye
Exams
Everyone needs routine eye exams to
make sure that there are not any present
issues involving the eye. Young children
need to get their vision checked at 6
months, their 3rd birthday, and before
preschool and first grade. Those who
have diabetes, high blood pressure, work
at a physically demanding job, or take
medications that affect eyesight should
have more frequent eye exams than the

Eye Muscle Movement

Test

Visual Acuity Test

While sitting, the doctor uses an

ophthalmoscope and a dilated pupil to
examine the back part of your eyes (the
retina, retinal blood vessels, and the front
part of the optic nerve). In this test, your
pupils may or may not need to be dilated,
depending on how large your pupils
naturally are. Typically, those who are
older need to get their eyes dilated while
those who are younger do not.

While sitting, the Snellen eye chart is placed

Glaucoma Test

in front and you are then asked to recite the

While sitting in a chair, resting your

forehead on the machine , and looking
An
forward into the machine focusing
on the
ophthalmos
dot in the center of the visible screen a
cope.
puff of air is blown onto the eye
to test
the pressure of the eye. A more technical
name for this test is non-contact
tonometer test.

When following the doctors finger, he/she

checks to see if the eyes are normally aligned
by observing the eye movements.

chart letter by letter, until you are unable to

see. The diagram to the right is the Snellen
eye examination chart that was mentioned
earlier.

average person. During the overall exam,

there are some problems that are
checked for. Such as glaucoma, agerelated macular degeneration, cataracts,
and diabetic retinopathy. The following
headings are the tests that are provided
by our office to ensure optimum visual
acuity.

Our examination
rooms, fit with the
best equipment
possible.

Ophthalmoscopy

Retinoscopy
The Snellen eye
chart.

Also while sitting, the doctor shines a light in

your eye and flips the lenses in a machine
called a phoropter while staring at the large
E on the Snellen chart. By examining the way
that the light reflects from your eye, the
doctor then concludes an approximate idea of
the lens prescription needed.

How the machine

looks in use.
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A phoropter.

If any questions, call (555)555-5555.

Thank you.