Using fixation disparity curves in clinical practice.

Dr Liat Gantz Ph D This article outlines the use offixation disparity curves to assess binocular vision status and manage the patient accordingly. If the patient has a slope Based on the diagnostic criteria described earlier, the of zero, this means that the visual system does not I practitioner can decide about the optimal course of ~ respond at all to imposed changes and as such is a highly treatment for the patient. However, prior to prescribing prisms, it is recommended Figure 6 that the patient's adaptation to potential prism is examined Fixation disparity as follows.16 First, the patient's -so dissociated phoria is measured. [Extracted from the article]