Orthoptists

Tasks Include:

• Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
• Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
• Perform diagnostic tests or measurements such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
• Develop non-surgical treatment plans for patients with conditions such as strabismus, nystagmus, and other visual disorders.
• Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.
• Provide non-surgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.
• Develop or use special test and communication techniques to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of children or disabled patients.
• Interpret clinical or diagnostic test results.

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