Abstract

The description of visual-Fields is important in the diagnosis and management of ophthalmologic and neurologic disorders of adults. Ordinarily, effective assessment of visual fields of children using established perimetric techniques is not possible until at least age 8 years. The behavioral repetoire of infants and young children thus has required invention of new techniques. Recently we reported successful assessment of visual fields of young children using an LED perimeter and an 8-alternative forced-choice procedure (1). Here we describe a LED perimetric method to assess 6- to 7-month-old infants. A combination of these techniques has enabled assessment of infants with neuro-ophthalmologic conditions known to result in visual field defects.

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