The Prevent Blindness America certified pediatric vision screening program involves testing for distance visual acuity and binocular vision. Photoscreening or autorefraction with the approved tools can be substituted for pre-verbal and special needs children.
These screenings utilize the following tools:
Prevent Blindness America Preferred Screening Tools:
Pre-verbal and special needs children:
MTI Photoscreener
Preschool age:
HOTV or Lea symbols distance visual acuity charts
Random Dot E stereopsis tool
School age:
Snellen or ETDRS distance visual acuity charts
Random Dot E stereopsis tool – through age 9
Prevent Blindness America Approved Screening Tools:
MTI Photoscreener
SureSight Vision Screener v2.22
(for preschool age children) utilizing VIP referral criteria, along with Random Dot E or Stereo Smile stereopsis tool
Retinamax
(for preschool age children) along with Random Dot E or Stereo Smile stereopsis tool
Prevent Blindness America also recognized that computer-based testing of visual acuity for child vision-screening purposes is now available. Thus, Prevent Blindness America endorses the use of such technology if programmed to present testing methods that have been validated in children of similar ages.
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