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Bunner, Richard T. – Sight-Saving Review, 1973
A vision screening program in seven Ohio counties tested 3,261 preschool children and 44,885 school age children for problems of distance visual acuity, muscle balance, and observable eye problems. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Partial Vision, Program Descriptions, Screening Tests
Foote, Franklin M.; And Others – Sight-Saving Review, 1973
Presented is a statement by the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness on control of gonococcal ophthalmia neonatorum (newborn blindness due to maternal gonococcal infection). (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Infants, Legal Responsibility, Medical Services
Boyce, Virginia S. – Sight-Saving Review, 1973
A home eye test program to encourage preschool detection of amblyopia and other serious vision problems has been developed. (DB)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Parent Education, Preschool Children, Screening Tests
Cinotti, Alfonse A.; Quinones, Mark A. – Sight-Saving Review, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Program Descriptions, Screening Tests, State Programs
Gwiazda, Jane; And Others – Sight-Saving Review, 1979
Based on studies and clinical findings, two techniques for testing infant vision are described: near-retinoscopy (used to assess the refractive state of infants and young children) and a fast preferential looking procedure (used to assess the acuity of infants up to one year of age). (DLS)
Descriptors: Disability Identification, Infants, Screening Tests, Vision Tests
Boyce, Virginia S. – Sight-Saving Review, 1974
The author describes a recent trip undertaken to stimulate greater commitment among Australian professionals to preventing blindness through activities such as vision screening tests and public education programs about eye health and safety. (LH)
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Services, Foreign Countries, Information Dissemination, Prevention
Galinos, Spiros; Goldberg, Morton F. – Sight-Saving Review, 1972
Descriptors: Diseases, Exceptional Child Services, Medical Services, Sickle Cell Anemia
Farley, Annette D. – Sight-Saving Review, 1972
Descriptors: Age Differences, Counseling, Counselor Role, Emotional Adjustment
Nawratzki, I.; Oliver, M. – Sight-Saving Review, 1972
Descriptors: Exceptional Child Research, Kindergarten Children, Preschool Children, Screening Tests
Worthen, David M. – Sight-Saving Review, 1974
Reported are surveys conducted by the National Center for Health Statistics in 1968 and 1969 to determine the type of health care different professionals provide to people with vision and eye care problems, and to define the similarities and differences among personnel in the three major eye health manpower areas. (GW)
Descriptors: Educational Needs, Exceptional Child Services, Labor Needs, Ophthalmology
Kupfer, Carl – Sight-Saving Review, 1973
Evaluated is the treatment of diabetic retinopathy (blindness due to ruptured vessels of the retina as a side effect of diabetes), and described is a research project comparing two types of photocoagulation treatment. (DB)
Descriptors: Diabetes, Exceptional Child Research, Medical Evaluation, Medical Research
Hatfield, Elizabeth Macfarlane – Sight-Saving Review, 1972
Reported was a national study of blind children under 7 years of age undertaken to determine changes in the causes of blindness in recent years and to ascertain the prevalence and rates of blindness in the U.S. (GW)
Descriptors: Etiology, Exceptional Child Research, Incidence, National Surveys
Carpenter, Pat – Sight-Saving Review, 1977
The value of genetic counseling for prospective parents with visual impairments is discussed. Work in genetic counseling is reviewed and the types of monitoring services available are explored. The development of genetics, and the kinds of genetic disorders, as well as the importance of genetic counseling, are described. (PHR)
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Genetics, Heredity, Parent Counseling
Vinger, Paul F. – Sight-Saving Review, 1979
With the growing popularity of sports among children, attention must be given to the increased number of eye injuries associated with mass participation. (SBH)
Descriptors: Athletics, Eyes, Injuries, Opinions
Sight-Saving Review, 1974
Presented for opthalmologists is basic information about the prevention and management of hereditary eye disease through prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling. (LH)
Descriptors: Congenital Impairments, Diseases, Etiology, Exceptional Child Services
