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    A phoropter or refractor is an ophthalmic testing device. It is commonly used by eye care professionals during an eye examination, and contains different...
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    The prescription is typically determined during a refraction, using a phoropter and asking the patient which of two lenses is better, or by an automated...
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  • lenses used in refraction testing Ishihara Plate 9 Ishihara Plate 23 A phoropter NdYAG Laser Lacrimal canula Ophthalmology Oral & Practical 3rd edition...
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    responses from the patient. Typically, the patient will sit behind a phoropter or wear a trial frame and look at an eye chart. The eye care professional...
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    eyes for spectacles is done with modern instruments, such as the phoropter. "Phoropter" is one of several generic names for modern instruments containing...
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    movement of the reflex or manually places lenses over the eye (using a phoropter or trial frame and trial lenses) to "neutralize" the reflex. Static retinoscopy...
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    cross cylinders in a phoropter may be used to subjectively refine those measurements. An alternative technique with the phoropter requires the use of a...
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    subjective refraction tests. Here, lenses are switched in and out of a phoropter and the patient is asked "which looks better" while looking at a chart...
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  • off. At the optometrist, Heidi angrily confronts Larry and slams the phoropter against his eyes. Larry, with blurry vision again, rear-ends a woman with...
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    the patient's eye with the same effective power that it did through the phoropter or trial frame. Vertex distance is important when converting between contact...
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