Comprehensive Eye Exams

Annual Eye and Vision Exams are an Important Aspect of your Healthcare.  

Often, eye and vision problems show no obvious signs or symptoms, so you might not know a problem exists. Early diagnosis and treatment can help prevent vision loss.

Your comprehensive eye exam includes the following tests: 

Patient History:

Make sure to tell your doctor about any eye or vision problems you are currently having and about your overall health, including when your eye or vision symptoms began, medications you are taking, and any work-related or environmental conditions, and family history that may be affecting your vision.

Visual Acuity: 

This test measures how clearly each eye is seeing. Your doctor will have you read letters on the chart. Perfect vision is written as 20/20. The top number in the fraction is the distance at which testing is done (20 feet). The bottom number is the smallest letter size you are able to read. A person with 20/30 visual acuity would have to get within 20 feet to see a letter that should be seen clearly at 30 feet. 

Refraction:

Refractive errors are conditions known as nearsightedness, farsightedness, astigmatism, presbyopia, and hyperopia. Refraction determines the lens power you need to correct for any refractive error . The automatic phoropter (seen above) places various lenses in front of your eyes. Your doctor measures how these lenses focus light, then the lens power is determined based on your clearest vision.