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This procedure assesses visual acuity in infants, indicating a reliable and rapid screening tool for clinicians.
A simple and rapid method for assessing the visual acuity of infants can be a valuable tool for eye care specialists as well as for researchers in vision. We have developed a preferential looking (PL) procedure that uses simple equipment to obtain measures of PL acuity in a few minutes. Infants ranging in age from 2 weeks to 1 year can be tested. Sessions on infants without any visual problems are completed in less than 5 min. Computer simulations of the technique show that the fast procedure attains almost 80% accuracy in assessing infants' PL acuity thresholds. When PL acuity thresholds obtained by the 60‐trial method of constant stimuli were compared to those obtained by the fast method on the same infants, they were identical on 70% of the sessions and only off by one‐half octave in an additional 20% of the sessions. Interobserver reliability was also high. The ease and rapidity of the procedure make it appropriate for use in the clinic.
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