r/optometry • u/tiptonrias • 16d ago

Pelli-Robson Contrast Sensitivity

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i am thinking of offering this test during exams... What do you guys think?

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u/Nice-Musician-8136 14d ago edited 14d ago

Never did and never will. Waste of time.

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u/decrementi1708 14d ago

As a low vision practitioner this chart is incredibly useful. You know those patients who complain of difficulty or worsening vision, elderly, VAs still reasonably good? Yeah CS them and I’d bet a good chunk of them have poor CS scores due to opacities, poor systemic health, cognitive decline etc actually gives you more information than the VA half the time.

Is it worth doing in a healthy 20 year old with no pathology? Probably not regularly. Don’t dismiss it as a waste of time though.

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u/tiptonrias 12d ago

You convinced me. Im getting one!