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Programme and Abstracts
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Contents
Welcome from the President 4 Sponsors
Hoya 6
Introduction
About the Academy 5 Rodenstock 13
About Budapest 2015 7 Essilor 31
University of Applied Sciences 105
EAOO programme Velika Gorica
Friday 15 May 14
University of Warsaw 171
Saturday 16 May 16
Sunday 17 May 20 Alcon 174
Johnson & Johnson 176
Reference guide
Oculus 178
CET Points 22
Poster Presentations 24
ECOO programme 27
Keynote speakers
Professor José González-Méijome 28
Professor Bruce Evans 30
Workshops
Friday 15 May 32
Saturday 16 May 38
Abstracts
Friday 15 May 44
Saturday 16 May 56
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Poster presentations 106
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Welcome Introduction
From the President About the Academy
Dear colleagues, The Academy was launched in Lausanne, each year, contributing to their
Switzerland in May 2009, at the Spring professional development, success and
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you Alongside the European Council of Meeting of the European Council of acclaim all over Europe.
to the European Academy of Optometry Optometry and Optics (ECOO), the Optometry and Optics (ECOO). The
and Optics’ seventh annual conference, Academy network is supporting optometry Secretariat is hosted by the College of • Recognition
Budapest 2015. and optics professionals across Europe Optometrists, London, United Kingdom. Academy membership and Fellowship are
to work in collaboration, not isolation, Our mission is to facilitate the changing ways for your colleagues, patients and
I would like to thank our host the Hungarian to meet their challenges. face of optometry and optics in Europe by the public to recognise your professional
Craft Union of Private Opticians, for its engaging, educating, inspiring and status, and your commitment to
support and guidance in preparation for this I want to thank you for supporting our motivating our educators, students, continuous development of your skills,
year’s event. Budapest is our beautiful conference and for helping make a researchers and practitioners to achieve knowledge and understanding.
setting this year. I hope you get some time difference to the practice of optometry the highest level of practice. You can use our member logo, which
to explore this wonderful city alongside our and optics in Europe. Over the next three will show you support the advancement
busy conference schedule. days you will have the opportunity to Member benefits: of optometry and optics and other
meet colleagues from all over the world, • Networking Academy strategic aims.
The Academy conference goes from strength listen to engaging lectures and participate You have the opportunity to collaborate
to strength, and this year we have been in topical discussions. As well as increasing with a network of members, • Resources
focusing on making this event our best ever or sharing your knowledge, I hope you
in terms of delegate numbers and extensive practitioners, industry bodies and You will have access to our new resource
make new acquaintances and above all
topics on offer. Thank you to all of our educators across Europe and beyond. hub, which provides you with online
enjoy this unique experience.
fantastic lecturers, discussion and workshop Special Interest Groups (SIGs) access to our conference sessions all
leaders and poster presenters; without you give you the opportunity to build links year round. Our monthly e-newsletter
We already have some exciting plans in
we would not be able to share skills, with other members on specialist topics keeps you up to date with the latest
place for our 2016 conference, which
knowledge and experience or discuss the will take place in Berlin. For your chance which interest you. developments from the Academy and the
challenges we face in optometry and optics to win a complimentary conference ticket profession and you can share your own
across Europe. You make this conference to the 2016 event please complete your • Professional development news or events. You will have access
a remarkable event for all of our delegates. feedback form. Your views are critical to Our annual conference, a must-attend to the password-protected area of
help us improve the event. event in the optometry and optics our website, including our member
Special thanks must go to our headline calendar, provides you with excellent directory, Special Interest Group forums,
sponsor, HOYA, who is hosting half of I look forward to seeing new faces and learning, networking and social and an ‘ask the expert’ page.
the clinical workshops at the Hoya Faculty meeting old friends of the Academy at opportunities to help develop your skills
Education and Experience Centre. Thanks Budapest 2015. and knowledge. Members receive a You will be offered a discounted
also to Semmelweis University who is discounted ticket rate to our conference. subscription to the journal, Optometry
providing the facilities for the other half of Best wishes, In addition to this, Academy in Practice, access to the Journal of
the workshops. We are incredibly grateful Fellowship (FEAOO) is awarded to Optometry (Spain), and Ophthalmic
to our gold sponsor Essilor, our silver sponsor members who have made a significant and Physiological Optics (OPO)
Anglia Ruskin University, and our yearly contribution to optometry or optics, abstract summary only.
sponsors Alcon and Johnson & Johnson. and shown commitment to the
Without their support the Academy would profession. A rapidly growing number
not be able to offer you such an exciting Professor Paul Murphy of members are awarded a Fellowship
and extensive conference programme. President, European Academy
of Optometry and Optics
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With thanks Important information
to our platinum Budapest 2015
and clinical
workshop sponsor
Clinical workshops
The programme features a total of 12 SPECIAL MEETING ON
clinical workshops on Friday and Saturday HIGHER EDUCATION
Proud to contribute to developments Service is in the DNA of the entire HOYA morning. Each workshop will last three
in our field of expertise organisation. To support our clients hours and will provide you with an 14:15, Friday 15 May,
and opticians worldwide, we offer opportunity to explore a topic in depth and Villany room, Hilton Budapest City
This year HOYA is headline sponsor at a wide range of in-store consultation-, gain practical skills. (Please note workshops At Budapest 2015 we are hosting
the European Academy of Optometry measurement-, ordering- and sales will be held at Semmelweis University and a free one-off meeting to bring
and Optics conference in Budapest 2015. tools. HOYA is leading when it comes the Hoya Faculty Education and Experience together educators across Europe
to innovative and technological in-store Centre, transport to and from the sessions to discuss the key issues faced by
We are proud to contribute to this solutions; its innovative apps have been will be provided, see page 14.) Workshops universities. A series of presentations
platform which is being expanded by the acknowledged with several awards are not included in the attendance fee and discussions will focus on the
EAOO and combines knowledge and and are an excellent example of the way for the main conference. Enquire about challenges you face in optical and
information on optometry, dispensing HOYA is addressing the trend towards workshop spaces at the registration desk. optometric higher education, possible
and vision science. As a global and leading mobile working. solutions and best practice. If you are
player in the world of optometry and Conference sessions a member of university staff, please
optics, we see it as an obligation to In 2010, HOYA established its HOYA The programme is made up of different make sure you join the discussion.
allow all colleagues to benefit from our Faculty Education & Experience Centre types of sessions. Each one focuses on Pre-booking is not required.
ever increasing knowledge and innovative in Budapest in order to support opticians, research findings, clinical skills or
products we develop. Noblesse oblige. optometrists and ophthalmologists educational issues, although many cover
from across Europe in their daily practice, more than one of these to help encourage Poster presentations
Based on its InnoVision research and improving their skills in optometry and interaction and networking: Over 50 posters will be displayed in the
design platform, HOYA Vision Care product knowledge and updating them on • Presentations: involve a presenter Hilton hotel foyer and Tokaj A throughout
Europe provides highly advanced the latest developments in the optical field. providing information and learning for the conference. They will cover new
ophthalmic lenses, strong and aesthetic most of the session, with some time research and clinical and educational issues.
materials, and is renowned for its top Olga Prenat, Dean of Hoya Faculty, for questions and discussion. The posters will be available for viewing
quality anti-reflective coatings and explains it thus: “I see it as a challenge throughout the event and presenters will
• Discussions: will involve the introduction
advanced lens treatments. All HOYA for myself and my team to build a bridge be beside their poster at various times
of one or more relevant topics that fit
products are manufactured using the between the latest developments in for you to ask questions, giving you a great
under the session title, before the key
latest technologies and can be identified our field and the eye care professionals opportunity to meet colleagues and learn
discussion points for each are discussed
by the same high quality, being looking to take these new insights and use more. All posters have been given a number
by all those attending.
guaranteed by HOYA’s strict quality them in practice.” (see pages 24-26). Presenters with odd
• Special Interest Groups (SIGs): open to numbered posters (1, 3, 5, etc) are
control systems.
all delegates at the conference, these requested to be beside their poster to
With the dedication of Hoya and the other
sessions bring together colleagues answer questions during the coffee breaks
participants, the coming edition of the
with interests in specific areas and are at 15:15 on Friday, 10:30 on Saturday and
EAOO conference in Budapest promises to
led and presented by experts in the field. 10:00 on Sunday. Presenters with even
be a great success.
Topics include binocular vision; cornea, numbered posters (2, 4, 6, etc) are
contact lenses and refractive technology; requested to be beside their poster during
optometric education; optometric the coffee breaks at 10:30 and 15:30 on
low vision rehabilitation; and primary Saturday and 10:00 on Sunday.
eye care.
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Important information
Budapest 2015
Lunch and coffee breaks CET points Things to see in Budapest Social programme
Refreshments will be provided in the Many of the programme sessions have Named as one of the most beautiful cities Friday at 18:00 – please join us for the
allocated lunch and coffee breaks shown been approved for Continuing Education in Europe, Budapest is the capital and the Academy drinks reception in the foyer
in the programme. Please use this time and Training points (CET), as certified by largest city in Hungary. It is the country’s of the Hilton hotel. You will have
to view the posters on display in the foyer the General Optical Council (GOC) in the principal political, cultural, commercial, the opportunity to view the posters and
and Tokaj A. UK. Please refer to the national regulator industrial, and transportation centre. catch up with colleagues.
within your country to confirm the
CooperVision/Sauflon Centre eligibility of UK points for your own While in Budapest, make sure you explore ECOO Get Together dinner, Friday
of Innovation tour professional regulator. The sessions which its extensive World Heritage Site, including evening – the dinner takes place in
At various times throughout the conference have been approved for CET points the banks of the Danube, the Buda Vadaspark Restaurant which is located
you have the unique opportunity to visit are listed in the table on pages 22–23 Castle Quarter, Andrássy Avenue, Heroes’ in a forest on the outskirts of Budapest.
the CooperVision/Sauflon state of the and also with the session abstract. Square and the Millennium Underground Traditional Hungarian food will
art contact lens manufacturing facility In order to receive CET points, you Railway, the second-oldest metro be served and guests will enjoy live folk
sited alongside the award winning Centre must complete a CET form which line in the world. Within the Budapest music entertainment. Delegates who
of Innovation just 40 minutes from should be deposited in a box at the skyline you can see a beautiful array have pre-booked will find their tickets in
the centre of Budapest. See first-hand the end of the session. CET forms will be of art nouveau architecture, including their conference registration pack.
production of the unique clariti family included in your registration envelope the Hungarian Parliament Building
of silicone hydrogel lenses and explore for those delegates who have informed which is only 15 minutes walk from the Academy dinner, Saturday evening –
the architecturally acclaimed Centre us that they are registered with the GOC. conference venue. You can get free maps the dinner takes place on the ‘Európa’
of Innovation. Enquire about the tour of the city from the conference registration river boat which is the biggest Hungarian
at the registration desk. Places are ECOO Spring Meeting desk. Alternatively, find out more about Boat on the Danube. This dinner gives
allocated on a first come first serve basis, The European Council of Optometry and Budapest at www.budapest.com. conference delegates a chance to
transport to and from the facility is provided. Optics’ General Assembly and meetings socialise with each other while admiring
will take place from Thursday to Saturday. their surroundings on the beautiful
Presentation prizes Please see the ECOO programme on Access to conference sessions Danube river. Delegates who have
There will be three presentation prizes page 27 for the full list of meetings taking after Budapest 2015 pre-booked will find their tickets in their
awarded in Budapest: the Poster place including open meetings which all conference registration pack.
Presentation Prize, the New Poster Presenter delegates can attend. After the conference, members can
Prize, and the Outstanding Contribution view and download selected To enquire about spaces on either dinner,
Prize (for which all presenters are eligible). speaker presentations by logging please visit the conference registration
The Programme Panel will make the final Feedback form into the new Academy resource hub: desk at the Hilton Budapest City Hotel.
decision on all the prizes, but we would like Please fill in your conference feedback www.eaoo.info/en/links/ For coach pick up times for the ECOO
you to help them by voting for your form found in your registration pack eaoo-resource-hub.cfm and EAOO dinners please see page 10.
favourite poster by using the prize voting and leave it at the registration desk
form you will receive in your delegate pack for a chance to win a ticket to next
when you register at the conference. year’s conference in Berlin.
Please hand your completed prize
voting form to the registration desk
by 11.30 on Sunday.
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Important information
Budapest 2015
Coach transport
We will be providing coach transport to and from the workshops, Academy sponsors Student sponsor:
CooperVision/Sauflon visit and dinner venues at the following times: Alcon www.alcon.com CooperVision www.coopervision.com
Friday 15 May Johnson and Johnson Vision Care Sponsor:
For clinical workshops www.jnjvisioncare.co.uk Oculus www.oculus.de
08:15 Hilton Budapest City TO Hoya Faculty Education and Experience Centre
Conference sponsors Exhibitors
08:15 Hilton Budapest City TO Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University
Platinum and Clinical workshop: Conference sponsors Hoya, Essilor and
12:00 noon Workshop venues TO Hilton Budapest City
HOYA www.hoya.eu Anglia Ruskin University each have a
For ECOO dinner stand at this year’s conference. They will
19:00 Hilton Budapest City TO Vadaspark Restaurant Gold: be located in the foyer of the Hilton
22:30 Vadaspark Restaurant TO Hilton Budapest City Essilor www.essilor.com hotel. You can also meet the Academy
Saturday 16 May team at our exhibition stand, sign up to
For clinical workshops Silver: our mailing list and find out more about
Anglia Ruskin University our new online resource hub.
08:15 Hilton Budapest City TO Hoya Faculty Education and Experience Centre
www.anglia.ac.uk
08:15 Hilton Budapest City TO Faculty of Health Sciences, Semmelweis University
12:00 noon Workshop venues TO Hilton Budapest City
For Academy dinner
19:00 Hilton Budapest City TO Európa Boat European Council of Optometry and Optics (ECOO)
22:30 Európa boat TO Hilton Budapest City Budapest 2015 begins with the ECOO spring meeting. ECOO is the European umbrella
organisation which represents the interests of more than 75,000 optometrists and
Budapest 2015 venues ECOO dinner opticians from 26 European countries. Find out more www.ecoo.info.
Hilton Budapest City Vadaspark Restaurant
Váci út 1-3 XII. Ker., Szanatorium u., Hungarian Craft Union of Private Opticians
Budapest 1062 Budapest, Hungary The Hungarian Craft Union of Private Opticians is hosting our joint Academy conference
Hungary www.vadasparkrest.com and ECOO meeting this year. The Hungarian Craft Union is the leading professional
www.budapest-city.hilton.com This dinner is included in the price organisation for optometrists in Budapest, committed to promoting vision care for its
of the ECOO ticket. members in Hungary. Its mission is to educate and support optometrists.
Clinical workshops
Hoya Faculty Education and Experience Centre Academy dinner
Vörösmarty tér 1 Európa Boat
Budapest 1051 Európa Hajó rendezvényhajó,
Budapest, Szilágyi Dezső tér, 1011
Faculty of Health Sciences Hungary
Semmelweis University
17 Vas str.
Budapest H-1088
Transport will be provided from the
Hilton to/from the workshop venues.
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European Academy of Optometry and Optics KEY
Programme – Friday 15 May
Friday 15 May Workshop at Hoya Faculty Workshop at Semmelweis University
EAOO Clinical workshops at Semmelweis University Time Ballroom Eger Room Villany Room
Time
& Hoya Faculty
CLINICAL RESEARCH SPECIAL INTEREST
07:30 Registration opens PRESENTATION 2 PRESENTATION 2 GROUP
Glaucoma, Anterior Eye Education
EAOO Clinical workshops at Semmelweis University
Dr Brett Bence and (continued)
08:30–09:00 & Hoya Faculty Education and Experience Centre
Dr Tony Redmond Dr Saeed Akhtar: 3D
Travel from Hilton hotel to workshops
and ultra-structural
CLINICAL WORKSHOPS (09:00 – 12 noon) This session will draw study of collagen fibrils
1. Advanced
optic disc assessment in glaucoma – Patrick Gunn 15:45–16:45 together presentations and proteoglycans
2. Management of specific cases with progressive lenses – Dominique Meslin around the theme of of hydrated human
dvanced retinoscopy – Kristina Mihic
3. A glaucoma, its diagnosis corneal stroma.
09:00–12:00 4. Binocular
balancing using micro-prisms and ND filters – Jonathan Shapiro and treatment, with the
5. D
iagnosing meibomian gland and ocular surface diseases aim of giving delegates Professor Peter Gierow:
– Anne-Marie Lahr a greater understanding Comparison of two
6. Diagnosis and treatment of visual processing dysfunctions and confidence variants of the Phenol
– Dr Marie Bodack in treating patients. Red Thread test.
12:00–13:00 Lunch – restaurant RESEARCH
CLINICAL
PRESENTATION 3 EDUCATION
13:00–13:45 Academy AGM – Ballroom PRESENTATION 3
Glaucoma PRESENTATION 1
What is evidence-
14:00–14:15 Opening address – Ballroom European Diploma
based practice?
Marketa Cilkova: Accreditation,
Ballroom Eger Room Villany Room Dr Sotiris Plainis,
Determining the cone: Dr Robert Chappell
Dr Einat Shneor
CLINICAL RESEARCH SPECIAL INTEREST ganglion cell ratio in
PRESENTATION 1 PRESENTATION 1 GROUP glaucoma using The presentation will
Evidence-based health
Managing dry eye Accommodation Education psychophysical measures provide an opportunity
care is the use
patients, of retinal ganglion for educators to become
of information that is
Dr Frank Eperjesi, Dr Ali Azam Hazman: Dr Frantishek Pluhacek: 16:45–17:45 cell density and in vivo better informed about
evidence-based in
Masmali, Nick Rumney The effects of 10 Erasmus exchange of imaging of retinal the European Diploma
order to make the right
minutes Monocular teachers – how we did it. cones by a narrow angle in Optometry and
decisions about the care
Accurate investigation Pencil Push-up Heidelberg Retina its relevance to the
of individual patients
of dry eye is crucial training on vergence Alen Stranjik: How to Angiograph. development of
or the delivery of health
to correct management and accommodation effectively network your optometric education
services. This session will
of the condition. parameters. university with others Lindsay Rountree: and the scope-of-
introduce the concept
14:15–15:15 Response variability practice in Europe.
This session will look for twinning and describe some
at the nature of dry eye, Dr Ebrahim opportunities. for perimetric stimuli
of the processes needed
recent research and Jafarzadehpur: Study of different area
to deliver such practice.
its possible application of changes in facility of Matjaž Mihelčič: Lost in in healthy observers.
to practice and how accommodation and translation – cross Drinks & networking reception & poster viewings
to sell dry eye services vergence, after visual border implementation 18:00–19:00
Foyer & Tokaj A, Hilton hotel
to patients. training in computerised of optometry
visual space. programmes, how to
overcome barriers for
teachers, students and
the public.
15:15–15:45 Poster presentations & coffee break – Foyer & Tokaj A
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European Academy of Optometry and Optics KEY
Programme – Saturday 16 May
Saturday 16 May Workshop at Hoya Faculty Workshop at Semmelweis University
EAOO Clinical workshops at
Time Ballroom Eger Room Time Tokaj B Room
Semmelweis University & Hoya Faculty
07:30 Registration opens 07:30 Registration opens
CLINICAL DISCUSSION 1 RESEARCH PRESENTATION 4
Becoming happy optometrists Contact lenses
Slavyana Ivanova: Dynamic adsorption
Mila Dragomirova: Establishing optometry as a of meibomian Langmuir-Blodgett
profession in Bulgaria. films to contact lens surfaces: a useful
Travel from Hilton hotel
tool for rapid in vitro evaluation of
08:30–09:30 08:30–09:30 to workshops
Elo Olonen: Optometrists’ job satisfaction in Estonia. lipid deposition.
(08:30)
Professor José M González-Méijome:
Changes in field curvature after
orthokeratology for different degrees
of myopia.
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP CLINICAL PRESENTATION 4 CLINICAL WORKSHOPS
Binocular vision Visual consequences of traumatic (09:30–12 noon)
brain injury, Debra Nelissen
This session encourages delegates to share 1. G
laucoma investigations on the slit
knowledge, best practice and to discuss the This session will educate healthcare lamp – Daniela Nosch
latest research in binocular vision, examination, providers on the diagnosis and
09:30–10:30 correction, cure and training. 2. Low vision: helping people with
09:30–10:30 treatment of the visual consequences
sight loss to use their residual
of traumatic brain injury (TBI), to
ECOO General vision – Geoffroy Meynet
standardise care given to this patient
Assembly
population in order to improve quality 3. Perimetry – Dr Holger Dietze
and outcomes.
4. B
asic to intermediate vision therapy
techniques – Dr Christine Allison
5. B
inocular vision: back to the basics
Poster presentations & coffee break Poster presentations & – Dr Marten Fortuin
10:30–11:30 10:30–11:30
– Foyer & Tokaj A coffee break – Foyer & Tokaj A
6. Treatment and management of
RESEARCH PRESENTATION 5 SPONSOR SESSION 1 – HOYA meibomian gland and ocular surface
Binocular vision Anand Manichand diseases – Anne-Marie Lahr
11:30–12:00 Dr Monika Borwińska: Dependence of the 11:30–12:00 Posterior eye imaging – the usability
binocular summation ratio on the fatigue and and validity of Scanning Laser
visual task difficulty. Ophthalmoscope technology versus
fundus photography.
Rupal Lovell-Patel: A four year audit of the Visual
Stress Clinic at Anglia Ruskin University Eye Clinic.
12:00–12:30 12:00–12:30
12:30–13:30 Lunch – restaurant 12:30–13:30 Lunch – restaurant
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European Academy of Optometry and Optics
Programme – Saturday 16 May
Saturday 16 May
Time Ballroom Eger Room Time Tokaj B Room
CLINICAL PRESENTATION 5 RESEARCH PRESENTATION 6 CLINICAL DISCUSSION 2
How to transfer clinical findings Vision and everyday tasks Optical humanitarianism
into practical lens solutions,
Petri Eskola Mariano González-Pérez: Dr Howard McAlister: Transitioning from episodic to sustained care in
Ocular accommodation and visual humanitarian service.
This session will cover how vision can symptoms among visual display
13:30–14:30 be affected by lens design and the terminal (VDT) users. 13:30–14:30 Dr Jeffrey Weaver: Optometric implications of Ebola and other emerging
pathology of the eye, looking at infectious diseases.
how these factors can contribute to Dr Sotiris Plainis: Eye fixations
non-tolerances and how they can in reading: effects of luminance,
be minimised through the appropriate contrast and print size.
choice and fitting of progressive
addition or any other kind of lens.
EAOO Keynote 1 – Professor José González-Méijome – Optically-guided EAOO Keynote 1 – Professor José González-Méijome – Optically-guided
14:30–15:30 14:30–15:30
myopia control treatments: the latest developments – Ballroom myopia control treatments: the latest developments – Ballroom
15:30–16:00 Poster presentations & coffee break – Foyer & Tokaj A 15:30–16:00 Poster presentations & coffee break – Foyer & Tokaj A
CLINICAL PRESENTATION 6 EDUCATION PRESENTATION 2 CLINICAL DISCUSSION 3
Paediatrics Becoming a European Academy An introduction to low vision pathology, Jennifer Brower
Fellow, Caroline Christie
Dr Marie Bodack: Paediatric Herpes Many optometrists and dispensing opticians do not undertake low vision work
16:00–17:00 Simplex Virus. This session will provide potential 16:00–17:00 in any depth, but the numbers of low vision patients are increasing. This session
applicants with details on the benefits will describe the common causes of low vision and their impact on vision,
Aiga Svede: Near vision problems of Academy Fellowship, and will the principles and relevance of treatments and appropriate low vision aids.
and learning difficulties in school include how to prepare a case record
age children. for Fellowship examination.
CLINICAL PRESENTATION 7 SPECIAL INTEREST GROUP CLINICAL DISCUSSION 4
Therapeutic contact lenses and Low vision rehabilitation Sticking to contact lenses
irregular corneas, Dr Langis Michaud
This session helps to further all aspects Dr Beáta Tapasztó: Contact lens related dry eye.
17:00–18:00 This lecture will focus on some specific of optometric low vision rehabilitation 17:00–18:00
case studies from practice, and detail through the exchange of knowledge David Berkow: What’s it all about: the contact lens drop-out.
how prescribing solutions were created and experience across Europe.
to fit the particular circumstances Bo Lauenborg: Fixing the scary numbers of patient dropout.
of the patients.
Academy dinner (offsite) & presentation of new Academy Fellows: Academy dinner (offsite) & presentation of new Academy Fellows:
19:00–23:00 19:00–23:00
Európa Boat Európa Boat
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Programme – Sunday 17 May
Sunday 17 May
Time Ballroom Eger Room Villany Room Time Ballroom Eger Room Villany Room
CLINICAL EDUCATION 10:00–10:30 Poster Presentations & Coffee Break – Foyer and Tokaj A
PRESENTATION 8 DISCUSSION 1
CLINICAL SPECIAL INTEREST DISCUSSION SESSION
Binocular vision, Tools for teaching
PRESENTATION 12 GROUP Poster presentations:
Professor Bruce Evans optometry
The ageing eye, Primary eye care what have we learned?
and Dr Marten Fortuin
Professor Zoltan Nagy Rupal Lovell-Patel and
Dr Olivia Hunt: A bespoke
This session will discuss Daniela Nosch
Binocular vision is an area iPad app to enhance
This session will look refraction and dispensing
of increasing importance feedback to students in
at conditions affecting and the diagnosis This session will bring
for the treatment of optometry public service
10:30–11:30 the cornea and the lens and management of minor together learning from all
patients, with complaints clinics.
as eyes age, with an eye diseases in order to the posters, grouped under
linked to binocular vision
08:00–09:00 emphasis on femtosecond contribute to the provision specific themes and related
difficulties becoming more Dr Asen Pashov:
laser assisted corneal of excellent primary eye to each other, and will
prevalent. This session Difficulties in teaching
and cataract surgeries. care to the public. allow delegates to discuss
will look at some of these optometry in Bulgaria.
what they have learnt
difficulties and explain
and where they would like
what practitioners can do Dinah Paritzky: Lifelong
to know more.
to help their patients. Learning in Applied Fields
Tempus funded consortium CLINICAL SPECIAL INTEREST CLINICAL DISCUSSION 5
is promoting curriculum PRESENTATION 13 GROUP Mobile eye care
reform in optometric Blue light: hype or Cornea, contact lenses
education. reality? Petri Eskola and refractive Mateusz Grzonka:
technology Optometrists bring vision.
This session will provide an
CLINICAL CLINICAL CLINICAL overview of the common Mario Teufl: The impact of Jedrzej Kucko: Smart
PRESENTATION 9 PRESENTATION 10 PRESENTATION 11 symptoms that are Orthokeratology in a technology in optometry
11:30–12:30
Contact lenses and Managing the patient’s Binocular vision case currently associated with myopic growing world. practice.
anterior segment needs studies blue light, especially
disease, Dr Langis the impact on children, as Helmut Fuchs: The red
Michaud Dr Brett Bence: Amaurosis Caroline Hurst: well as the most common eye – a guideline for
fugax: considerations for The benefits of neural solutions that are available optometrists and opticians.
Contact lenses can induce the ophthalmic practitioner. plasticity to clinical at the moment to reduce
anterior segment practice: a case study. the impact of blue light.
pathologies or can be David Berkow: The
09:00–10:00 used as part of the importance of including Dr Wolfgang Jaschinski:
EAOO Keynote 2 – Professor Bruce Evans
treatment of ocular surface emotional support Review of fixation disparity: 12:30–13:30
Kids and contact lenses: turning theory into practice – Ballroom
disease. This session will in holistic low vision care methods, findings,
explore the causative or for those with age-related concepts. 13:30–13:45 Closing address – Ballroom
therapeutic role of contact macular degeneration. 13:45–14:30 Lunch – restaurant
lenses in various anterior Jonathan Shapiro: Use
segment disorders, of yoked and differential
and will help practitioners prisms to alleviate the
become familiar with symptoms of orthopaedic
the latest treatment abnormalities.
options available.
20 Budapest 2015 Abstracts www.eaoo.info 21Reference guide How to claim CET points
Continuing Education and Training (CET) points At the end of the lecture or workshop please put your completed CET form
in the designated box. CET forms can be found in your registration pack.
CET Visual consequences of Lecture Saturday 16 May Debra Optometrist 1
Target CET
Session session Time Speaker traumatic brain injury 09:30–10:30 Nelissen
audience Points
type How to transfer clinical Lecture Saturday 16 May Petri Eskola Optometrist, 1
Diagnosis and Workshop Friday 15 May Marie Optometrist 3 findings into practical 13:30–14:30 Dispensing
treatment of visual 09:00–12:00 Bodack lens solutions Optician
processing dysfunctions Myopia – optically- Lecture Saturday 16 May José Optometrist, 1
Advanced optic disc Workshop Friday 15 May Patrick Gunn Optometrist 3 guided myopia control 14:30–15:30 González- Contact Lens
assessment in glaucoma 09:00–12:00 treatments: the latest Méijome Optician
developments
Diagnosing meibomian Workshop Friday 15 May Anne-Marie Optometrist 3
gland and ocular 09:00–12:00 Lahr Paediatrics Lecture Saturday 16 May Marie 1
surface diseases 16:00–17:00 Bodack, Aiga
Svede
Management of specific Workshop Friday 15 May Dominique Optometrist, 3
cases with progressive 09:00–12:00 Meslin Dispensing An introduction to Lecture Saturday 16 May Jennifer Optometrist, 1
lenses Optician low vision pathology 16:00–17:00 Brower Dispensing
Optician
Advanced retinoscopy Workshop Friday 15 May Kristina Optometrist, 3
09:00–12:00 Mihic Contact Lens Therapeutic contact Lecture Saturday 16 May Langis Optometrist 1
Optician lenses and irregular 17:00–18:00 Michaud
corneas
Binocular balancing Workshop Friday 15 May Jonathan Optometrist 3
using micro-prisms 09:00–12:00 Shapiro Sticking to Lecture Saturday 16 May Beáta Optometrist, 1
and ND filters contact lenses 17:00–18:00 Tapasztó, Contact Lens
David Optician
Managing dry Lecture Friday 15 May Frank Optometrist 1
Berkow, Bo
eye patients 14:15–15:15 Eperjesi, Ali
Lauenborg
Masmali,
Nicholas Binocular vision Lecture Sunday 17 May Bruce Evans Optometrist, 1
Rumney 08:00–09:00 and Marten Dispensing
Fortuin Optician
Glaucoma Lecture Friday 15 May Brett Bence Optometrist 1
15:45–16:45 and Tony Contact lenses Lecture Sunday 17 May Langis Optometrist, 1
Redmond and anterior 09:00–10:00 Michaud Contact Lens
segment disease Optician
Basic to intermediate Workshop Saturday 16 May Christine Optometrist 3
vision therapy 09:00–12:00 Allison Managing the Lecture Sunday 17 May Brett Bence, Optometrist 1
techniques patient’s needs 09:00–10:00 David
Berkow
Perimetry Workshop Saturday 16 May Holger Optometrist 3
09:00–12:00 Dietze Binocular vision Lecture Sunday 17 May Caroline Optometrist 1
case studies 09:00–10:00 Hurst,
Binocular vision: Workshop Saturday 16 May Marten Optometrist 3
Wolfgang
back to the basics 09:00–12:00 Fortuin
Jaschinski,
Treatment and Workshop Saturday 16 May Anne-Marie Optometrist 3 Jonathan
management of 09:00–12:00 Lahr Shapiro
meibomian gland and
The ageing eye Lecture Sunday 17 May Zoltan Zsolt Optometrist 1
ocular surface diseases
10:30–11:30 Nagy
Low vision: helping Workshop Saturday 16 May Geoffroy Optometrist, 3
Blue light: hype Lecture Sunday 17 May Petri Eskola Optometrist, 1
people with sight 09:00–12:00 Meynet Dispensing
or reality? 11:30–12:30 Dispensing
loss to use their Optician
Optician
residual vision
Kids and contact Lecture Sunday 17 May Bruce Evans Optometrist, 1
Glaucoma investigations Workshop Saturday 16 May Daniela Optometrist 3
lenses: turning 12:30–13:30 Contact Lens
on the slit lamp 09:00–12:00 Nosch
theory into practice Optician
22 Budapest 2015 Abstracts www.eaoo.info 23Reference guide Speak to poster presenters at the following times:
• odd numbered posters (1, 3, 5, etc): coffee breaks at 15:15 on Friday, 10:30 on Saturday and 10:00
Poster presentations on Sunday
• even numbered posters (2, 4, 6, etc): coffee breaks at 10:30 and 15:30 on Saturday and 10:00 on Sunday.
Poster Dr Ebrahim Comparing tear film stability prolongation evaluated
Name Poster title 19
number Jafarzadehpur by Javal-Schiotz Keratometer and slit lamp
Dr Saeed Akhtar Structure of collagen fibril and proteoglycans at different Dr Wolfgang The effect of prisms for constant wear on objective
1 20
depth of corneal stroma of CXL treated rats Jaschinski and subjective fixation disparity
Bianca Amthor Study to measure the tear film stabilisation and possible Agnieszka Jóźwik Measurements of intraocular lens location in the eyeball
21
2 reduction of subjective symptoms by application of based on Purkinje images
lipid-containing lubricants
Professor The relationship between myopia and corneal
22
3 Tamás Andorfi Scleral lens fitting in Hungary Douk-Hoon Kim astigmatism in 20-25 year old Korean adults
Janis Baltraitis Axial elongation and changes in refractive error for Daisy Ka Yan Reading epilepsy induced accommodation dysfunction
23
4 myopic European children using custom-made overnight Leung
orthokeratology contact lenses
Aoife Lloyd The effect of two weeks and 24 hours soft contact lens
24
Uma Mageswari Peripheral refraction and refractive error among Chinese McKernan cessation times on corneal refractive surgery outcomes
5
Batumalai school children in Kuala Lumpur
Aoife Lloyd The prevalence of Demodex folliculorum on eyelashes of
25
6 Dr Pavel Beneš Dry eye education and its assessment: an overview McKernan symptomatic and asymptomatic normal patients
Dr Céline Benoît Importance of new postural behaviors on the design 26 Dr Langis Michaud A novel clinical approach to managing dry eye
7
of new occupational lenses oriented digital devices
Dr Langis Michaud Understanding the basic and not so basic essential tips
27
Carolin Macular pigment density in patients with age-related in fitting scleral lenses
8
Blankenburg macular degeneration and macular oedema
Christiane Müller Subjective comparison of pre-lens tear film stability
Kamila Ciężar What do we really know about the physical properties 28 of daily disposable contact lenses using modern
9 of contact lens solution? video topography
Seonaid Collins A comparison of the 2WIN photorefractometer and 29 Dr Pascaline Neveu Can CA/C be easily clinically assessed?
10
Mohindra Retinoscopy in children Cathy O'Boyle Investigating the difference in crowded letter and
30
Nataša Danilović Computer Vision Syndrome among students and teaching Kay Picture visual acuity in children with amblyopia
11 personnel of the Department of Physics at the University Martin O’Brien BlephEx™- a new tool for managing blepharitis / meibomian
of Novi Sad, Serbia 31
gland dysfunction by eye care practitioners
Professor Holger Comparison of different conditions of presentation for Dr Veronica The effectiveness of topical treatment with OcuSoft
12 32
Dietze measurement of visual acuity of patients with nystagmus O’Dwyer plus on ocular Demodex folliculorum
Stephan Gajer Effect of chart illuminance on accuracy and repeatability Juan Carlos Comparison of the measures of stereopsis using four
13 33
of subjective refraction and visual acuity measurements Ondategui-Parra different methods
Dr Mari Carmen Asphericity of the lens versus lens power Juan Carlos Reliability of vergence facility measured subjectively:
14 34
García-Domene Ondategui-Parra agreement with a new vision analyzer?
Andres Gene Influence of oculomotor movements in Alzheimer's disease Dinah Paritzky Using a Virtual Learning Environment for formative
15 35
Sampedro assessment in an optometry programme
Aleksandra Changes in clinical services among optometrists in Poland 36 Mila Pavlova Eye models for training refraction corrections
16
Glodkowska
Dr Sofia Refraction for different pupil sizes in orthokeratology
Professor José Oxygen diffusion and edema with modern scleral rigid 37
17 Peixoto-de-Matos patients
González-Méijome gas permeable contact lenses
Dr Jaume Pujol Amplitude of accommodation measurements using the
Professor Chris Association between subjective and objective grading 38
18 Donders clinical method and a new vision analyzer
Hull of glistenings in intraocular lenses
24 Budapest 2015 Abstracts www.eaoo.info 25Reference guide European Council of Optometry and Optics programme
Poster presentations Thursday 14 – Saturday 16 May
ECOO Programme
Yogita Rajgandhi A comparison study on types of education for the visually Time Meeting Schedule
39
impaired in Mumbai
Thursday 14 May Tokaj B
Christina Roth Analysis of edge profile and lens design of daily contact
40
lenses using the optical coherence tomography 08:00 Registration at Hilton hotel
Dr Anne Catherine Reading performance with a central scotoma: highlight 08:30–11:30 ECOO Diploma Board of Management
41
Scherlen of reading binocular rivalry
11:30–13:00 ECOO Board of Examiners
Alicja Semanicka Biometry of the dominant eye – variations in eye ball
42 13:00–14:00 Lunch – foyer
diameters and eye dominance of healthy adults
43 Dr Pedro Serra Binocular gain with radially asymmetric intraocular lenses 14:00–15.30 ECOO Board of Examiners
David Severa Comparison of methods for subjective determination 15.30–18:30 ECOO Executive Committee
44
of correction of astigmatic eyes Evening ECOO Executive Dinner – offsite
David Severa The effect of accommodative stimulus on the value
45 Friday 15 May Tokaj B
of gradient AC/A ratio
Dr Einat Shneor Agreement and reliability in measuring central corneal 08:00 Registration at Hilton hotel
thickness between a new stationary Scheimpflug device ECOO Professional Services Committee part 1
46 09:00–09:30
(VX120) and a rotating Scheimpflug-placido system In camera meeting
(Sirius) in normal and keratoconic corneas
ECOO Professional Services Committee part 2
Dr Einat Shneor Teaching scientific writing and clinical research methods to 09:30–12:00
47 Open Meeting
undergraduate students without a research background
12:00–13:00 Lunch – restaurant
Inamullah Sial Visual outcome with rigid gas permeable lenses after
48
penetrating keratoplasty at Makkah Eye Complex ECOO Public Affairs & Economic Committee
14:00–15:15
Irene Sisó-Fuertes Accommodation and ocular aberrations with two In camera meeting
49
simultaneous vision multifocal contact lenses 15:15–15:45 Coffee Break
Karen Sparrow How to raise awareness of optometry and optics as ECOO Public Affairs & Economic Committee
50 15:45–17:45
career options for 14-16 year olds Open Meeting
Karen Sparrow Optimum age for intervention in schools to raise EAOO drinks & networking reception
51 18:00–19:00
awareness of careers in optometry and optics poster viewings: Hilton hotel
52 Livija Temunović Contact lenses and corneal infections ECOO Get Together Dinner:
19:15–23:00
Dr Petr Veselý Effect of colour filters on colour vision analysed by Vadaspark restaurant
53
the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test
Saturday 16 May Ballroom
Abed El-Qadir Rose K contact lenses vs keratoconus
54
Watad 08:30–12:30 ECOO General Assembly
55 Monika Wojtczak Simple method of fundus examination 12:30–13:30 Lunch – restaurant
26 Budapest 2015 Abstracts www.eaoo.info 27Professor José González-Méijome
Keynote lecture – Saturday 16 May
Myopia – optically-guided myopia control
treatments: the latest developments
Associate Professor, University of Minho, Portugal
Target group: Optometrist and 10 years, numerous clinical trials have Learning objectives:
Contact Lens Optician proved that it is possible to interfere • to understand recent research on the
with the process of eye growth aetiology of myopia so that patients can
Optometrist to decrease its axial elongation rate. be educated on realistic expectations for
myopia control
Optical management of myopia • to understand the peer-review evidence
progression is now possible, but the supporting myopia control with optical
underlying mechanisms supporting devices and the role spectacle lenses can
these approaches are not fully understood. play in myopic children
Contact Lens Optician Optical treatments have the advantage • to understand the risk factors associated
of being minimally invasive when with high myopia and the research into
compared with the instillation of eye drops. the management and efficacy of the
However, the studies conducted have progression of myopia with various
shown a limited efficacy, and this efficacy optical treatments
differs from treatment to treatment • to understand the peer-review evidence
Overview: (spectacles, different contact lenses, and supporting myopia control and the role
Myopia is a generally benign condition, corneal refractive therapy). different types of contact lenses can play
but is also associated with severe ocular in myopic children.
disease, particularly for higher degrees Myopia has evolved from a condition to
of myopia associated with ocular be treated to get the foveal retinal image Biography:
stretching due to excessive eye elongation. “in focus” into a condition that needs Professor González-Méijome has been
The trend in the incidence of myopia to be managed in the early stages involved in myopia related research over
progression in Asian ethnicities of its development trying to arrest its the past 15 years, with a particular interest
has raised the question of a possible progression. The contents of this session in contact lenses which is today the
epidemic of severe ocular pathology are essential for the eye care practitioner mainstream in devices to address myopia
associated with myopia. Thus, myopia (ECP) to share with patients and their control. Over this period, he has published
control is currently a major concern parents the known science behind numerous peer-review research papers
in the visual science field. the mechanism that explains myopia including a Review on Strategies to Control
progression and its management with Myopia Progression with Contact Lenses
The last decades have been prolific in optical treatments. Equally relevant is for (Eye & Contact Lenses, 2014), and has
animal studies and human clinical trials the ECP to know the efficacy, advantages delivered numerous lectures at national
evaluating the progression of myopia, and limitations of different optical and international conferences.
its association with ocular disease approaches in order to select the most
and the development of treatments efficacious option adapted to each case.
to address the condition. Over the last
28 Budapest 2015 Abstracts www.eaoo.info 29Professor Bruce Evans With thanks to
Kids and contact lenses: turning theory our gold sponsor
Keynote lecture – Sunday 17 May
into practice
Director of Research, Institute of Optometry, UK
Target group: Optometrist and • to understand recent research on the
Contact Lens Optician aetiology of myopia so that patients can
be educated on realistic expectations for
Optometrist myopia control Essilor is the world leader in ophthalmic
• to understand the most appropriate optics. The success of the group, which is
contact lenses for children and teenagers present in 120 countries with 58,000
• to appreciate methods of optimising good people, is the result of a strategy that has
compliance in children and the been driven by innovation for 170 years.
importance of parental involvement. From design to manufacture, the group
Contact Lens Optician develops a wide range of ophthalmic
Biography: lenses to correct and protect eyesight. Its
Professor Bruce Evans has, for over 25 mission is to enable everyone in the world
years, spent most of his working week to see well using lenses tailored to their
as a practising optometrist working in a needs, it is “to improve lives by improving
busy community optometric practice. sight”. For that purpose, the group devotes
Overview: He has also been involved in over 60 more than €150 million a year on research
The lecture will start with a comparison of research studies investigating most areas and development.
the proportion of contact lens fits that are of optometric practice. Bruce is currently
for children in different countries and this Director of Research at the Institute Social Responsibility:
will lead into a summary of the motivations of Optometry, visiting Professor to City 2.5 billion people in the world see the
for fitting children with contact lenses, University and visiting Professor world poorly because they have no
including cosmesis (avoiding bullying), of Optometry to London South Bank corrective eyewear. Poor vision adversely
sport, myopia control (brief overview), and University. He is a Fellow (by examination) impacts the quality of life and often
UV protection. The lecture will describe of the College of Optometrists and holds isolates people. It reduces the
the clinical approach to fitting multifocal its higher qualifications of Diploma opportunities for children to learn and
soft contact lenses for myopia control in Contact Lens Practice and Diploma in productivity for people in the workforce,
to children. The risks of contact lens wear Orthoptics. He was awarded Fellowship while making the elderly more dependent
in children will be addressed, especially of the British Contact Lens Association and driving more dangerous for everyone.
microbial keratitis (e.g. with overnight in 2006. His main areas of research Yet the issue is too often wrongly seen as a
wear). The importance of motivation are children’s vision, dyslexia, orthoptics, minor problem. Essilor realises the
and informed consent, from both headaches, and contact lenses. He has enormity of the challenge and focus its
child and parent, will be emphasised. given more than 300 invited lectures strategy in effectively combating poor
Clinical approaches to improving in over 20 countries and three prestigious eyesight.
compliance and reducing risk in contact named lectures. Bruce has over 210
lens wear with children will be discussed. published papers and has authored five
books on binocular vision and two on
Learning objectives: dyslexia and vision. He has an optometric
practice in Brentwood, Essex, where
he specialises in children’s vision and
contact lenses. Essilor is delighted to support the EAOO and to contribute to the 2015 conference in Budapest.
30 Budapest 2015 Abstracts www.eaoo.info 31Clinical workshop abstract Clinical workshop abstract
Workshops – Friday 15 May
Diagnosis and treatment of Advanced optic disc assessment in glaucoma
visual processing dysfunctions
Lead presenter: Marie Bodack treatment options can include working Lead presenter: Patrick Gunn Clinicians will have a hands-on opportunity
Facilitator: Robert Austin on visual perceptual skills with a variety Facilitators: Amanda Harding and to observe and examine patients and
of activities. Robert Harper implement their new skills in assessing
Southern College of Optometry, Memphis, USA and grading the optic disc in glaucoma.
Delegates will learn how to take a history Manchester Royal Eye Hospital, Manchester, UK
Target group: Optometrist of children with academic difficulties and The key aspects of OCT in the detection
learn what tests to administer to these Target group: Optometrist and management of patients with
children. Delegates will be able to score glaucoma will be described. This session
these tests, determine if the results are will cover the role of imaging techniques
normal or abnormal, and produce a and interpreting and implementing
treatment plan. The session will involve OCT in modern glaucoma management.
Number of CET points: 3 a review of the questions to ask parents There will be an interactive mix of case
of children with academic difficulties. Number of CET points: 3 presentations and group discussions from
Workshop content: Visual perceptual Delegates will learn how to administer patient episodes from the Manchester
problems are common in children. tests for visual perceptual problems, Workshop content: This session is an Royal Eye Hospital to consider alongside
Symptoms may manifest as difficulties including the TVPS, the Piaget, Gardner, interactive workshop to help practitioners RNFL analysis plots.
with reading comprehension, letter/word and Jordan tests. develop skills in identifying signs of
recognition, spelling, mathematic skills glaucoma as well as looking for change Learning objectives:
and/or letter/word reversals. These Delegates will be able to administer and in the status of patients with established
problems often manifest in early • to understand how to recognise and
score the tests of each other. Delegates glaucoma. Delegates will reinforce and
elementary school grades and can affect appropriately document the features
will also learn what treatment options advance existing skills in identifying changes
a child’s academic development if not of the optic disc and RFNL specific
are available for these children in terms seen in disc assessment and learn about
addressed. There are many tests available to, or increasing the suspicion of,
of optometric therapy or other referrals. integrating optical coherence tomography
for the assessment of visual perceptual glaucomatous damage, including use
(OCT) and retinal nerve fibre layer (RNFL)
problems. The Test of Visual Perceptual of appropriate systems and grading
Learning objectives: analysis into their glaucoma assessment.
Skills (TVPS) is a useful office test to scales (Spaeth’s DDLS)
An interactive group discussion and a disc
diagnose this dysfunction. The test involves • to learn how to take a history for • to develop slit lamp biomicroscopy
assessment quiz will provide delegates
seven subtests: visual discrimination; visual children with learning related vision techniques in order to optimise
with the opportunity to demonstrate their
spatial relations; form constancy; figure problems and understand the relevance the assessment of the optic discs
competence in this area. The session
ground; visual closure; visual memory; and of their symptoms in glaucoma
will be aimed at practitioners from both
visual sequential memory. The Piaget Test • to become familiar with the symptoms community and hospital practice. • to understand the role of imaging in
of Left Right is a useful test to determine of visual processing problems and glaucoma, focusing on OCT of the
if a child understands the concept of be able to use tests to diagnose specific The workshop will feature an introductory RNFL, how to interpret appropriately
left/right on self and in space. To assess conditions in children with academic session on techniques used with slit lamp the results of OCT tests and the
letter reversals, the Gardner or Jordan and learning difficulties biomicroscopy that optimise the benefits of early glaucoma detection
tests can be performed. For all tests, the • to understand when children with assessment of the optic disc and RNFL • to understand how to integrate
child’s results are scored and compared learning related visual problems in glaucoma. Features of the disc and imaging and disc assessment into
to age-matched normals. If a visual require additional testing and referral RNFL most useful in detecting change clinical decision making to better
processing integration problem exists, to other specialists. will be identified. Spaeth’s Disc inform patient management
Damage Likelihood Scale (DDLS) will and to detect change in the clinical
be demonstrated showing delegates status of glaucoma.
a method to standardise their practice.
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