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Routine Eye Exam
Your eye exam may take from half an hour to an hour. It will evaluate both your vision and the health of your eyes. You'll likely have all or most of the following eye tests (you may also have more specialized eye tests): 1.Eye muscle movement test: To assure that the eyes are normally aligned, the doctor will ask you to visually track a target in different directions and observe your eye movements. 2. Cover test: This is a check for how well your eyes work together. As you stare at a small target some distance away, the doctor will cover and uncover each eye to observe how much your eyes move, watching for an eye that turns away from the target (strabismus). The test may be repeated with a target close to you. 3. External exam and pupillary reactions: The doctor will watch the reactions of your pupils to light and objects at close distance. At the same time, the doctor will check the exterior eye, looking at things such as the condition of the white of the eyes and the position of your eyelids. 4. Visual acuity test: You'll sit in front of an eye chart, with letters that get smaller as you read down each line. You cover each eye in turn and, using the other eye, read aloud, going down the chart, until you can't read the letters anymore.
Eye Exam Established Patient
Before your eye exam, the eye doctor or an office staff member will take your medical and vision history. Your eye exam may take from half an hour to an hour. It will evaluate both your vision and the health of your eyes. You'll likely have all or most of the following eye tests (you may also have more specialized eye tests): Your eye exam may take from half an hour to an hour. It will evaluate both your vision and the health of your eyes. You'll likely have all or most of the following eye tests (you may also have more specialized eye tests): 1.Eye muscle movement test: To assure that the eyes are normally aligned, the doctor will ask you to visually track a target in different directions and observe your eye movements. 2. Cover test: This is a check for how well your eyes work together. As you stare at a small target some distance away, the doctor will cover and uncover each eye to observe how much your eyes move, watching for an eye that turns away from the target (strabismus). The test may be repeated with a target close to you. 3. External exam and pupillary reactions: The doctor will watch the reactions of your pupils to light and objects at close distance. At the same time, the doctor will check the exterior eye, looking at things such as the condition of the white of the eyes and the position of your eyelids. 4. Visual acuity test: You'll sit in front of an eye chart, with letters that get smaller as you read down each line. You cover each eye in turn and, using the other eye, read aloud, going down the chart, until you can't read the letters anymore.
Eye Exam New Patient
Before your eye exam, the eye doctor or an office staff member will take your medical and vision history. Your eye exam may take from half an hour to an hour. It will evaluate both your vision and the health of your eyes. You'll likely have all or most of the following eye tests (you may also have more specialized eye tests): Your eye exam may take from half an hour to an hour. It will evaluate both your vision and the health of your eyes. You'll likely have all or most of the following eye tests (you may also have more specialized eye tests): 1.Eye muscle movement test: To assure that the eyes are normally aligned, the doctor will ask you to visually track a target in different directions and observe your eye movements. 2. Cover test: This is a check for how well your eyes work together. As you stare at a small target some distance away, the doctor will cover and uncover each eye to observe how much your eyes move, watching for an eye that turns away from the target (strabismus). The test may be repeated with a target close to you. 3. External exam and pupillary reactions: The doctor will watch the reactions of your pupils to light and objects at close distance. At the same time, the doctor will check the exterior eye, looking at things such as the condition of the white of the eyes and the position of your eyelids. 4. Visual acuity test: You'll sit in front of an eye chart, with letters that get smaller as you read down each line. You cover each eye in turn and, using the other eye, read aloud, going down the chart, until you can't read the letters anymore.
Contact Lenses Fitting
Have your contact lens fitting Your contact lens prescription will indicate the vision correction you need as well as the measurement of your eyes. This ensures that your contact lenses will have the right curvature and diameter for an effective, comfortable fit. Try some on for size The first time you try contact lenses it can take a little time for them to settle. Your eye care practitioner may leave your trial lenses in for at least 10 minutes to check they fit comfortably. And you may need to try on more than one pair before he or she is satisfied they are just right for you. Choose the right contact lenses for you Different types of contact lenses require different amounts of care. Your eye care practitioner will help you choose the right lenses for your lifestyle and vision needs.
Comprehensive Eye Exam
1. Visual Acuity Tests Among the first tests performed in a comprehensive eye exam are visual acuity tests that measure the sharpness of your vision. These usually are performed using a projected eye chart to measure your distance visual acuity and a small, hand-held acuity chart to measure your near vision. 2. Slit-Lamp Examination The slit lamp is an instrument that the eye doctor uses to examine the health of your eyes. The slit lamp lets your eye doctor see the structures of your eyes up close. Slit lamp exam of the front of the eye. The slit lamp, also called a biomicroscope, allows your eye doctor to get a highly magnified view of the structures of your eye to thoroughly evaluate your eye health and detect any signs of infection or disease. Doctor will first examine the structures of the front of your eye (lids, cornea, conjunctiva, iris, etc.). Then, with the help of a special high-powered lens, your doctor will view the inside of your eye (retina, optic nerve, macula and more). A wide range of eye conditions and diseases can be detected with slit-lamp examination, including cataracts, macular degeneration, corneal ulcers, diabetic retinopathy, etc. 3. The Glaucoma Test Glaucoma tests have several variations, all designed to measure the pressure inside your eyes. Glaucoma test is performed with an instrument called an applanation tonometer. The most common of several versions of this instrument is mounted on the slit lamp. For this test, your eye doctor will put yellow eye drops in your eye to numb it. Your eyes will feel slightly heavy when the drops start working. This is not a dilating drop — it is a numbing agent combined with a yellow dye that glows under a blue light. Then the doctor will have you stare straight ahead into the slit lamp while he or she gently touches the surface of your eye with the tonometer to measure your IOP. Like NCT, applanation tonometry is painless. At most, you may feel the tonometer probe tickle your eyelashes. The whole test takes just a few seconds. You typically have no warning signs of glaucoma until you already have significant vision loss. For this reason, routine eye exams that include tonometry are essential to rule out early signs of glaucoma and protect your eyesight. 4. Visual Field Test In some cases, your eye doctor may want to check for the possible presence of blind spots (scotomas) in your peripheral or "side" vision by performing a visual field test. These types of blind spots can originate from eye diseases such as glaucoma. Analysis of blind spots also may help identify specific areas of brain damage caused by a stroke or tumor.
