Visual acuity and eye refraction disturbances following brain injury in school-aged children

Abstract

The visual acuity for the left eye in the research group was of 0.09-0,5 in 89.8% (43 patients), in 10.2% (5 patients) –for the left eye was 0.6—0.8, compared to the control group, where 66% of patients had the visual acuity ranged almost in 1.0, just 24% (12 patients) was ranged 0.09-0,5 and in 14% (5 patients) – 0,6-0.8. VA is affected primarily after head trauma although it improves in a time perioranginged between 3 and 6 months after the trauma. Autorefraction data usually will reveal slight hyperopia with a possible astigmatic component ranging between 1D to 3D, and in 4.1%–8.2% cases slight myopia also ranged between 1D and 3D.