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Domains: Clinical practice, Professionalism
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Welcome to Docet’s podcast Sound Optometry, hosted by Michelle Hanratty, an IP optometrist with 20 years’ experience on the high street and in hospital. Each month, with case studies and in-depth conversations, we will be exploring topics that matter the most to you as optometrists and are relevant for everyday practice.
Episode 16: Binocular Vision - Managing convergence anomalies
The podcast begins with a case study of convergence excess, and we hear directly from a young patient about the signs and symptoms that led her to seek help from optometrist Dr Aleks Mankowska at Bradford University. Aleks discusses the interesting features of the case and the reasons for the management approach taken. Michelle Hanratty then discusses the key examination techniques that are useful in the investigation of binocular vision anomalies. The podcast also covers the management of convergence insufficiency, and the tricky subject of prescribing prism and orthoptic exercises is navigated, with Aleks offering some top tips to help with patient compliance.
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Last published: December 2022
Elliott D (2013) Clinical Procedures in Primary Eye Care. Elsevier. Chapter 6 – Assessment of Binocular Vision and Accommodation – Barrett BT.
Evans B (2002) Pickwell’s Binocular Vision Anomalies. 4th Edition. Butterworth Heinemann.
Scheiman M, Wick B (2008) Clinical Management of Binocular Vision. 3rd Edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.