Visual Assessments of Children with Multiple Impairments: A Survey of Ophthalmologists.

Aitken, S.; Buultjens, M.

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ERIC Number: EJ431312

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X

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Visual Assessments of Children with Multiple Impairments: A Survey of Ophthalmologists.

Aitken, S.; Buultjens, M.

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, v85 n4 p170-73 Apr 1991

This article reports on a study of the methods that 21 ophthalmologists used to assess the visual acuity of children with multiple impairments and the difficulties they encountered. Additional means of assessing visual function and alternative means of communicating the results are suggested. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Ophthalmology, Vision Tests, Visual Acuity, Visual Impairments

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Guides - Non-Classroom

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Audience: Practitioners

Language: English

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