orthoptics

NOUN
  1. treatment of defects of binocular vision (such as strabismus and amblyopia) by nonsurgical measures (especially by exercises to strengthen the eye muscles)
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  • A course in orthoptics takes three years of study.
  • Clinical services available within the Division include orthoptics, aphakic contact lenses, electroretinography, visual evoked potential, ultrasonography, non-invasive functional visual testing, and complete ocular photography. Ophthalmology Fellowship
  • Manager of the hospital's orthoptics department and also President of the Orthoptic Association of Australia, Associate Professor Zoran Georgievski, says it was a case of "boys will be boys". Latest News - Yahoo!7 News
  • Option B. Light therapy treatment is another type of therapy that can be done instead of or combined with orthoptics. The Thinking Mother
  • It will also facilitate speech and language therapy, community welfare, orthoptics, psychology, home support services, home meals services and day care services for older people.
  • Orthoptics, which literally means "straightening of the eyes", dates back to the 1850s and is limited in scope to eye-muscle training and the cosmetic straightening of eyes.
  • Courses for ophthalmic theatre assistants, orthoptics, contact lens, hospital management and fellowship programmes in vision therapy and ophthalmology would be offered. The Hindu - Front Page
  • Clinical services available within the Division include orthoptics, aphakic contact lenses, electroretinography, visual evoked potential, ultrasonography, non-invasive functional visual testing, and complete ocular photography. Ophthalmology Fellowship
  • Scheiman M, Mitchell GL, Cotter S, Kulp MT, Cooper J, et al. (2005) A randomized clinical trial of vision therapy/orthoptics versus pencil pushups for the treatment of convergence insufficiency in young adults. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Situated in a busy teaching hospital, the Academic Unit of Ophthalmology and Orthoptics provides facilities for both clinical and laboratory based research.
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