Eye Checkup Services

Preliminary Eye Tests

These initial tests evaluate your fundamental visual abilities and provide insights into how well your eyes are functioning:

Visual Acuity: This is a measure of how clearly you can see details at varying distances. It is typically assessed using an eye chart with letters or numbers of decreasing size.

Depth Perception: This test evaluates your ability to judge distances and perceive the world in three dimensions.

Colour Vision: This assessment checks your ability to accurately distinguish different colours. Deficiencies in colour vision can sometimes indicate underlying eye or health conditions.

Peripheral Vision: This test measures your field of vision, assessing how well you can see objects on the sides while looking straight ahead.

Pupil Reflexes: This examination observes how your pupils react to light. The pupils should constrict in bright light and dilate in dim light. This reflex can provide information about your eye health and neurological function.

Eye Muscle Function: This test evaluates the coordination of your eye muscles and their ability to move your eyes smoothly and accurately in different directions. It helps identify any issues with eye alignment or muscle control.

Eye Health Examination

This portion of the eye checkup involves a close examination of the structures of your eye to assess their health and identify any signs of disease.

Slit-Lamp Examination: A high-intensity light and a microscope are used to illuminate and magnify the front part of your eye, including the eyelids, cornea, conjunctiva, iris, and lens. This examination helps detect conditions such as cataracts, corneal injuries, dry eye, and inflammation.

Funduscopic Examination: This examination allows the optometrist to visualise the back of your eye, including the retina, optic nerve, macula, and blood vessels. It's crucial for detecting conditions like glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, and other retinal disorders.

Tonometry: This test measures the intraocular pressure (IOP), the fluid pressure inside your eye. Elevated IOP can be a sign of glaucoma, a condition that can damage the optic nerve and lead to vision loss.

Refraction

Refraction is a key part of the eye screening that helps determine if you have any refractive errors and what type of vision correction, if any, might be beneficial.

Identifying Refractive Errors: This test identifies whether your eye properly focuses light on the retina. It can detect conditions such as:

Nearsightedness (myopia): Difficulty seeing distant objects clearly

Farsightedness (hyperopia): Difficulty seeing near objects clearly

Astigmatism: Blurred vision due to an irregularly shaped cornea

Presbyopia: Age-related difficulty focusing on near objects

Determining the Need for Lenses: Based on the results of the refraction test, the optometrist can determine if you would benefit from glasses or contact lenses to improve your vision.

Providing a Prescription: If corrective lenses are needed, the refraction test provides the necessary information to create a prescription for your glasses or contact lenses.