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How AI Could Make Autism Screening More Accessible

How AI Could Make Autism Screening More Accessible

Researchers at Penn Engineering and the Kennedy Krieger Institute are developing CAMI-2DNet, an AI tool that uses ordinary video to assess children’s motor imitation. The...
How Eye Scans May Help Researchers Detect Alzheimer’s Earlier

How Eye Scans May Help Researchers Detect Alzheimer’s Earlier

Mayo Clinic researchers are exploring how retinal imaging and artificial intelligence may help identify patterns linked to Alzheimer’s disease before symptoms appear. The work highlights...
Why Early Vision Screening Matters for the Next Generation

Why Early Vision Screening Matters for the Next Generation

Early vision screening can help identify children who need follow-up care before visual challenges affect learning, confidence, and daily life. Community programs, school screenings, parent...
Vision Screening for Children With Special Needs: Adapted Protocols and Evidence-Based Tools

Vision Screening for Children With Special Needs: Adapted Protocols and Evidence-Based Tools

Children with ASD, cerebral palsy, and developmental delays require adapted vision screening protocols that go beyond standard pass/fail testing. This guide covers evidence-based tools, instrument-based...
A sharply focused near vision testing card in the foreground of a modern optometry exam lane, with a blurred distance eye chart visible in the background.

Near Vision Testing: Why Distance Charts Fail Modern Patients

Distance-only acuity testing misses critical near and intermediate vision problems affecting billions of patients worldwide. Learn why standardized near vision testing belongs in every modern...
How to Equip a Sports Vision Assessment Practice for High School Athletes

How to Equip a Sports Vision Assessment Practice for High School Athletes

A practical, tiered equipment guide for optometrists building a sports vision assessment service line, covering depth perception testing, eye tracking tools, binocular coordination instruments, and...
Why the Diabetic Eye Exam Measure Still Matters in Medicare Advantage Star Ratings

Why the Diabetic Eye Exam Measure Still Matters in Medicare Advantage Star Ratings

CMS’s decision to retain the diabetic eye exam measure in Medicare Advantage Star Ratings keeps preventive vision care visible within diabetes management. The decision also...
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What China’s SPECS 2030 Work Shows About Expanding Access to Clear Vision

WHO’s feature on China’s SPECS 2030 work shows how mobile clinics, school-based screening, digital tools, and stronger referral systems can bring refractive error services closer...
An assortment of clinical prism bars and loose prism lenses arranged on a clean white surface, with light refracting through the glass to create soft spectral color bands.

Prism in Clinical Practice: A Guide to Bars, Loose Prisms & Fresnel Selection

A clinical decision guide comparing prism bars, loose prisms, Fresnel press-on prisms, and Risley prisms, covering material-specific holding techniques, measurement accuracy, and evidence-based applications across...
A softly lit pediatric eye examination room with a child-sized chair in the foreground and a blurred vision chart in the background, evoking clinical precision and pediatric vision testing.

LEA SYMBOLS® in Clinical Research: Why Standardized Pediatric Optotypes Matter

Optotype non-standardization is a hidden threat to pediatric clinical trial validity. This article examines why LEA SYMBOLS®, the only picture optotypes calibrated to the Landolt...
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Farnsworth D-15: How to Use It and What It Detects

Learn how the Farnsworth D-15 color vision test works, how to score it, and why it remains the gold-standard tool for classifying protan, deutan, and...
Neutral density filter bars arranged on a clean clinical surface with soft ophthalmic examination equipment visible in the background.

Neutral Density Bars: When and How to Use Them in Clinical Practice

A clinical guide to neutral density bars covering RAPD quantification, amblyopia differentiation, suppression measurement, and emerging applications in binocular vision therapy, with practical tips for...
A young infant in a clinical examination room gazes attentively at a vision testing card held by a clinician during a preferential looking eye assessment.

LEA GRATINGS® Preferential Looking Test: Complete Clinical Guide

A complete clinical guide to the LEA GRATINGS® Preferential Looking Test, covering testing protocols, normative benchmarks, detection vs. recognition acuity, and practical applications for infant...
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ETDRS Chart Setup for Multi-Site Clinical Trials: A Compliance Guide

A practical compliance guide for sponsors, CROs, and site coordinators setting up ETDRS visual acuity testing across multi-site clinical trials, covering illumination standards, cabinet selection,...
Vectograms vs. Aperture Rule vs. Brock String: A Vision Therapist's Clinical Selection Guide

Vectograms vs. Aperture Rule vs. Brock String: A Vision Therapist's Clinical Selection Guide

A clinical decision framework comparing vectograms, the aperture rule, and the Brock string across suppression depth, vergence type, and therapy phase, grounded in the CITT...
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