Poor Stereo?

[Buck Strong]

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I went to the local optometrist today in NY, for my annual exam. I've never had any problems so the OD student did my entire exam, which was benign. I asked him to check stereo, because some of the residency programs i'm applying to require it. He made me cover my left eye and then my right eye...and I realized that nothing on the card popped out at me at all. He told me that I had really poor stereopsis and wrote it down on my exam. Just now, as I'm thinking about it...doesn't stereo need to be checked binocularly? Is that why I couldn't see the fly coming out at me? I've never had any trouble with depth perception or walking into walls???

 

[rpames]

I went to the local optometrist today in NY, for my annual exam. I've never had any problems so the OD student did my entire exam, which was benign. I asked him to check stereo, because some of the residency programs i'm applying to require it. He made me cover my left eye and then my right eye...and I realized that nothing on the card popped out at me at all. He told me that I had really poor stereopsis and wrote it down on my exam. Just now, as I'm thinking about it...doesn't stereo need to be checked binocularly? Is that why I couldn't see the fly coming out at me? I've never had any trouble with depth perception or walking into walls???

You are right, of course, that you need to be binocular to test for stereopsis. Did you put on a pair of glasses before looking at the book? They usually are plastic black frames with gray lenses (polarized). If you were using the stereo fly book, then you definitely needed the glasses on and both eyes open. If you looked at the book binocularly and with the glasses on and saw nothing popping out at you, the student my have had you cover one eye and uncover it to see if you were suppressing an eye.

But in short, yes, you need both eyes to do it.

 

[ucbsowarrior]

I went to the local optometrist today in NY, for my annual exam. I've never had any problems so the OD student did my entire exam, which was benign. I asked him to check stereo, because some of the residency programs i'm applying to require it. He made me cover my left eye and then my right eye...and I realized that nothing on the card popped out at me at all. He told me that I had really poor stereopsis and wrote it down on my exam. Just now, as I'm thinking about it...doesn't stereo need to be checked binocularly? Is that why I couldn't see the fly coming out at me? I've never had any trouble with depth perception or walking into walls???

pull out a brock string and if you can induce diplopia you have stereopsis of some form. to quantify the amt. you'll need a book / instrument.

 

[Opii]

... He made me cover my left eye and then my right eye...and I realized that nothing on the card popped out at me at all. He told me that I had really poor stereopsis and wrote it down on my exam....

That's too funny. Are you going to have two years of therapy now?

 

[ockhamsRzr]

That's too funny. Are you going to have two years of therapy now?

You need the Roy Orbison glasses (and both eyes) to do fly, animals and circles.

Frisby can be done without glasses, but you still need both eyes. What a ***** student.

Ock

 

[xmattODx]

You need the Roy Orbison glasses (and both eyes) to do fly, animals and circles.

Frisby can be done without glasses, but you still need both eyes. What a ***** student.

Ock

Yes the student is a ***** because we know the whole story and we've never made a mistake like forgetting to patch before doing a visual field or call an exo an eso, etc., etc. 🙄

 

[Opii]

Yes the student is a ***** because we know the whole story and we've never made a mistake like forgetting to patch before doing a visual field or call an exo an eso, etc., etc. 🙄

Now I feel bad... 🙁 ...

 

[sco1styear]

How 'bout seeing "with" motion when it's really "against" or vice versa...? That always makes me feel like a *****!