Diagnosis of Defective Colour Vision

By Jennifer Birch

Extensively referenced but retaining its practical approach, this book discusses colour specification systems and colour vision theories in a readily accessible way. Assessment and examination techniques are fully covered and there is a summary of typicalresults which are obtained in different types of colour deficiency. The optimum use of screening, classification, grading and occupational tests is detailed. A chapter is devoted to the examination of children, and there is helpful information on giving advice about employment.

This practical book with its clinical approach is an essential purchase for optometry students and practitioners, dispensing opticians, ophthalmologists, and all professions involved in colour vision assessment and examination.Contains a wealth of new material on the molecular genetics of congenital colour deficiencyCovers occupational colour vision standards Includes new material on acquired colour deficiency, the design and use of new colour vision tests, a listing of the full range of tests in different types of colour deficiency, and case histories which relate theory to practice

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0750641746
• ISBN13: 9780750641746
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.5" x 7.8"