With visual symptoms occurring in 50-90 percent of workers using computers, this practical guide details careful diagnosis and treatment of visual conditions that can cause visual syndromes. This book provides the knowledge, references, materials, and action plans designed to help practitioners diagnose and manage computer-related vision disorders. It addresses the visual and environmental factors that cause the visual problems experienced by computer users, offering practical suggestions for assessing the visual ergonomics of a patient's computer workstation and reducing the visual demands of a task.
Contents
1. Computer Vision Syndrome
2. Positioning Your Practice to Care for Computer-User Patients
3. Signs and Symptoms of Computer Vision Problems
4. Diagnosing and Treating Refractive Errors for Computer Users
5. Diagnosis and Treatment of Accommodative and Binocular Conditions
6. Presbyopia and Computer Use
7. Treating Ocular Pathological Conditions that Affect Computer Vision
8. Lighting
9. Reflections from the Computer Display
10. Computer Displays
11. Optimum Workstation Arrangements
12. The ECP as a Consultant providing Workplace Evaluations
13. Assisting Children and Low Vision Patients in the Use of Computers
14. Marketing Yourself as a Computer Vision Specialist
Softbound, 281 pages.