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Vision Therapy and Rehabilitation Flashcards

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  1. Convergence insufficiency is best defined as:

    Answer: Reduced near point of convergence and low positive fusional vergence at near

    CI is diagnosed by a receded near point of convergence (>6–8 cm) combined with reduced positive fusional vergence reserves at near and associated asthenopic symptoms.

  2. Prism adaptation test before strabismus surgery is used to:

    Answer: Reveal the full angle of deviation and predict surgical success

    The prism adaptation test neutralizes the deviation with Fresnel prisms to unmask the full surgical angle and improve the precision of the planned surgery.

  3. A patient reports seeing double only when looking to the left. This pattern suggests:

    Answer: Paresis of a left-gaze muscle in one eye

    Binocular diplopia that occurs only in one direction of gaze localizes to the muscle(s) responsible for that gaze direction, suggesting a paretic strabismus.

  4. Accommodative esotropia is most effectively treated initially with:

    Answer: Full cycloplegic refraction and spectacle correction

    Accommodative esotropia is caused by uncorrected hyperopia driving excess accommodation-convergence; providing the full hyperopic correction reduces or eliminates the convergent deviation.

  5. The Maddox rod test is used primarily to assess:

    Answer: The type and magnitude of a phoria

    The Maddox rod dissociates binocular fusion and converts one eye's point light source into a streak, allowing the clinician to measure the latent phoria direction and magnitude with a prism bar.

  6. In low vision rehabilitation, a stand magnifier is preferred over a hand magnifier when a patient has:

    Answer: Tremor or limited hand dexterity affecting stable holding

    Stand magnifiers rest on the page at a fixed focal distance, eliminating the need to maintain precise working distance — ideal for patients with tremor or arthritis.