TY - JOUR
T1 - Visual acuity in the first two years of life in healthy term newborns
T2 - An experience with the Teller acuity cards
AU - Cavallini, Anna
AU - Fazzi, Elisa
AU - Viviani, Viviana
AU - Astori, Maria Graziana
AU - Zaverio, Silvia
AU - Bianchi, Paolo Emilio
AU - Lanzi, Giovanni
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Teller Acuity Cards are a new "preferential looking" procedure for the evaluation of visual acuity in newborns and infants. We used this test to assess, longitudinally, visual acuity in 60 healthy term newborns followed up from birth to two years of age. In order to have a set of comparison parameters for use in studies of newborns at risk of developing visual system impairment, the relative maturational curve was plotted. The acuity values of our sample are in line with those reported by other authors in the literature and they represent the first set of such data referring to a group of healthy term newborns in Italy. This paper provides a visual acuity curve for the first two years of life obtained from healthy term newborns, a curve which could prove useful for reference when this technique is used on newborns at risk of developing neurological and especially visual problems.
AB - Teller Acuity Cards are a new "preferential looking" procedure for the evaluation of visual acuity in newborns and infants. We used this test to assess, longitudinally, visual acuity in 60 healthy term newborns followed up from birth to two years of age. In order to have a set of comparison parameters for use in studies of newborns at risk of developing visual system impairment, the relative maturational curve was plotted. The acuity values of our sample are in line with those reported by other authors in the literature and they represent the first set of such data referring to a group of healthy term newborns in Italy. This paper provides a visual acuity curve for the first two years of life obtained from healthy term newborns, a curve which could prove useful for reference when this technique is used on newborns at risk of developing neurological and especially visual problems.
KW - Follow-up
KW - Infants
KW - Teller acuity cards
KW - Visual acuity
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M3 - Article
C2 - 12224796
AN - SCOPUS:0035995234
VL - 17
SP - 87
EP - 92
JO - Functional Neurology
JF - Functional Neurology
SN - 0393-5264
IS - 2
ER -