Abstract

In persons with congenital idiopathic nystagmus, a target's image undergoes substantial retinal motion. Although visual acuity is often reduced in these individuals, the magnitude of the reduction is typically fairly modest. In an attempt to determine what accounts for the visual loss, and therefore what the potential for improvement is, researchers have looked at the relationship between acuity and various parameters of the nystagmus eye movements.

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