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After a friendly 'Hello' and 'My name is', you should find yourself in the chair of the exam room with your optometrist asking questions to establish reasons for your visit and what symptoms you may be experiencing with your eyes. An inquiry into your general health, medications taken, family health and eye history is quite normal and essential as many factors can affect your eyes. Your prescription will then be determined after the data from the eye exam has been entered into the computerized testing unit also known as a Phoropter. You will find yourself looking at a succession of test charts through various lenses placed into the unit. Your optometrist will ask questions about the charts, which will determine whether you are far-sighted, near-sighted, astigmatic, presbyopic, or a combination of these. The equipment also enables us to check your eye muscles, so tests which tell us if the two eyes are working together can be done. Furthermore, your close-up vision will be assessed to ensure that no prescription is required when you are on the computer or reading a book.
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Using an ophthalmoscope and perhaps a microscope, your eye health will then be assessed all the way from front to back.
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Extra tests like Depth Perception, Color Vision, Visual Fields and Eye Pressures may be required and your optometrist will inform you if this is necessary. The most common extra tests are eye pressures and visual fields.
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At the end of the consultation your optometrist will discuss your sight and eye health with you as well as all the options available if treatment is required. Please feel free to ask your optometrist anything, as it is our aim that you leave feeling reassured and happy. |
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