SUBJECTIVEREFRACTIONOPTOM FASLU MUHAMMED
REFRACTION PROCEDURE: DISTANCE
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1. Visual acuity (VA) with current Rx
VA versus spherical Rx table
• Spectacles• AR
• Retinoscope
• Unaided
2. Perform Pinhole testUnaided VA with existing Rx if aided VA is worse than 6/12
REFRACTION PROCEDURE: DISTANCE
3. Determine Best Vision sphere
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• Letter Chart• Duochrome
4. Estimate Astigmatism• VA with BVS• Refractive Error Estimation table
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5. Refine Astigmatism (cylinder)• Axis location
• Astigmatic power- Fan & Block- Jackson X-cyl- Cyl trial lens Rotation &
Letter chart
6. Refine Sphere of Rx• +1.00 DS Fog to blur vision
Refraction Procedure: Distance
REFRACTION PROCEDURE: DISTANCE
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7. Bi-Ocular balance• Simultaneous
• Alternating
- Prism Dissociation- Polaroid
8. Final Rx• Optio
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REFRACTION PROCEDURE: NEAR ADD
1. Establish Preferred Near Viewing Distance
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2. Determine Near Blur Point • Binocular• Monocular recheck
– near letter chart– measuring tape
• Binocular– measuring
tape
REFRACTION PROCEDURE: NEAR ADD
3. Calculate Near ADD required
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• Maintain half (50%) the Amplitude of Accommodation in reserve- nomogram, nomograph (in the workbook)
4. Refine ADD
• Range of clear vision- near letter chart- trial lens
•Visual acuity (VA) is a
measure of the patient’s
ability to resolve fine detail.
•There are three principal
measures of VA:
Unaided VA - vision.
Habitual VA, with the
patient’s own spectacles.
Optimal VA, with the
best refractive
correction, i.e. after
subjective refraction.
LOGMAR CHARTS•The design principles suggested by Bailey & Lovie
•More lines than a typical Snellen chart, particularly at poor VA levels
•Not truncated to 6/5 (20/15) or similar.
TYPES ADULTS
– Bailey–Lovie Charts– ETDRS charts
CHILDREN– The Glasgow Acuity Cards
Keeler crowded logMAR charts
PROCEDURE The luminance of the chart should be between 80
and 320cd/m2. Seat the patient comfortably with an unobstructed
view of the test chart. You should sit in front and to one side of the patient
in order to monitor facial expressions and reactions.
If you are going to measure both vision and habitual VA, measure vision first to avoid memorisation.
Measure the visual acuity of the ‘poorer’ eye first,
Ask the patient: ‘Please read the smallest line that you can see on the chart’ or similar
Do not permit the patient to screw their eyes up or look around the occluder or through their fingers
•They should be pushed to determine whether they can see any more.
•If they make four or more mistakes on a line of five
•Ask them to move closer if chart not seen
If the patient cannot see the letters even at the closest test distance
a) Hand Movements (HM) @ Y cm
b) Light Projection (Lproj.):50 cm
c) Light Perception (LP):
Repeat measurements for the other eye and binocularly.
Since each letter isworth an equal 0.02log units, you can most accurately determine visual acuityby accounting for everyletter correctly identified.
Typically, an equation isused to calculate VA:
logMAR VA = 1.1 - (0.02 x letters missed)
MOST COMMON ERRORS1. Allowing cautious patients to decide their acuity (i.e. not
pushing them to guess).2. Permitting the patient to screw their eyes up and improve their
VA. 3. Permitting the patient to look around the occluder or through
their fingers and view binocularly when measuring monocular VA.4. Taking distance VAs in a PAL or varifocal wearer when they are
not looking through the distance vision section of the lens. 5. Using an incorrect working distance.6. Not recording the result immediately and guessing the result at
the end of the examination.
VA MEASUREMENT USING SNELLEN CHART Procedure is similar to logMAR chart Vn is recorded as the smallest line in which
the majority of letters are seen,irrespective of subjective blurr.
Errors are recorded by appending a -1,-2, or -3 to snellen fraction
Eg:6/9(-2),6/9(-3)… If pt couldn’t see 6/60 letter @ 6m,but
could @ 2m,recorded as 2/60.
RECORDING The Snellen fraction is defined as:
Test Distance/Distance at which the letters subtend 5 min of arc.
1. Test distance can be provided in metres (metric) or feet (imperial).
2. Snellen VA can be labelled in either decimal or
conventional Snellen notation
Snellen Fraction = Test DistanceDistance at which entire letter subtends 5’
The acuity test distance should be long enough to not stimulate the accommodative system. By convention, the standard test distance in the U.S. has been 20 feet. Everywhere else it is 6 meters:
20 is a Snellen fraction in feet60
6 is the same Snellen fraction 18 in metric units
Measuring visual acuity: The Snellen Fraction
Measuring Distance Visual Acuity
Testing Sequence
By convention you always test in the following order
1st OD ocular dexter Right eye (cover left eye)2nd OS ocular sinister Left eye (cover right eye)3rd OU ocular utrique Both eyes
Measuring Distance Visual Acuity: Example 2
A P E O T F 20/25 E V O C T Z 20/20 O H P N T C 20/15
What is the visual acuity of this patient?5/6 letters on the 20/25 line and only 2 letters on the 20/20 lineNo reason to even test the 20/15 line
The visual acuity can be expressed as 20/25
However, accounting for the missed and identified letters...
The VA can be more descriptively expressed as 20/25-1/+2
MONOCULAR SUBJECTIVE RX
Letter ChartDuochrome test
Combination22
Spherical Correction
= Best vision sphere (BVS)
Obtain spherical correction giving best VA
MONOCULAR SUBJECTIVE RX
Starting point for BVSSphere component of Spec RxSphere component of Auto-RxUnaided VA Estimation Method
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BVS = (Sphere Rx) + (Astigmatic Rx ÷ 2)
Best Vision Sphere (BVS)
VISUAL ACUITYSnellen 6/VA Decimal MAR (Minutes of Arc) logMAR
3 2.00 0.50 -0.30
4 1.50 0.67 -0.18
5 1.20 0.83 -0.08
6 1.00 1.00 0.00
7.5 0.80 1.25 0.10
9 0.67 1.50 0.18
9.5 0.63 1.58 0.20
12 0.50 2.00 0.30
15 0.40 2.50 0.40
18 0.33 3.00 0.48
19 0.32 3.17 0.50
24 0.25 4.00 0.60
30 0.20 5.00 0.70
36 0.17 6.00 0.78
38 0.16 6.33 0.80
48 0.13 8.00 0.90
60 0.10 10.00 1.00
120 0.05 20.00 1.30
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REFRACTIVE ERROR AND VA
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Vision6/6 (20/20)6/9 (20/30)6/12 (20/40)6/18 (20/60)6/24 (20/80)
6/36 (20/120)6/60 (20/200)
Spherical*small0.500.751.001.502.00
2.00 to 3.00
Astigmaticsmall1.001.502.003.004.00high
Refractive Error (D)Bennett and Rabbetts, 1984
* Myopia or absolute hypermetropia
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN REFRACTIVE ERROR AND VA
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Vision6/6 (1.00)6/9 (0.67)6/12 (0.50)6/18 (0.33)6/24 (0.25)6/36 (0.13)6/60 (0.10)
Spherical *< 0.500.500.751.001.502.00
2.00 to 3.00
Astigmatic< 0.751.001.502.003.004.00> 4.00
Refractive Error (D)
Bennett and Rabbetts, 1984 * Myopia or absolute hypermetropia
ESTIMATE RESIDUAL SPHERICAL ERROR: DISTANCE RX
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• Note the Best Snellen VA obtained• Estimate the Amount of Spherical
Error
Procedure
Residual Spherical Error = Snellen (metric) VA Denominator ÷16
ESTIMATE RESIDUAL SPHERICAL ERROR: DISTANCE RX
Unaided Visual Acuity
RE LE
Patient ASpherical Rx
Snellen 6/12 Snellen 6/9
Patient BSpherical Rx
Snellen 20/30 Snellen 20/60
Patient CSpherical Rx
Decimal VA 0.1 Decimal VA 0.17
Patient DSpherical Rx
MAR 4 logMAR 0.7 28
0.75D 0.56D
0.56D 1.12D
2.25D3.75D
1.50D 1.75D
MONOCULAR SUBJECTIVE RX
• Use the ‘highest plus’ sphere as a starting point
• Add plus lenses in 0.50 steps until VA begins to decrease
• Then add negative lenses in 0.25D steps until there is no further VA improvement:
“Does this lens make the letters clearer or just smaller and darker?”
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Refinement: Sphere (BVS)Letter Chart
SPHERICAL CORRECTION
Points to note: Accommodation
if the letters get darker and smaller only, then too much minus has been prescribed
When adding plus lenses, assure the patient you know it is getting worse
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Letter Chart
SPHERICAL CORRECTION
Duochrome(starting point)
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Combination TestsLetter chart(refinement)
Duochrome(end point)
Letter chart(BVS)
OR
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