Search for dissertations about: "preschool vision screening"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words preschool vision screening.

  2. 1. On the identification of visual defects in children in general and prematurely born children in particular

    Author : Anna-Lena Hård; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : preschool vision screening; referral criteria; children; vision; preterm; cerebral visual impairment; visual perception; ocular fundus morphology;

    Abstract : Aims: Papers I & II: To evaluate the consequences of changes in the criteria for referral to an eye clinic following general pre-school vision screening. According to the former criteria all 4 year old children in the Göteborg area, with visual acuity (VA) ... READ MORE

  4. 2. Amblyopia and subnormal visual acuity. Studies of prevalence, assessment and outcome

    Author : Josefin Ohlsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Amblyopia; Visual Acuity; Eye Diseases; Epidemiology; Child; Adolescence; Depth Perception; Vision Screening; Treatment Outcome;

    Abstract : Aims. The aims of this thesis were threefold. Firstly, we wanted to establish the distribution of visual acuity (VA) and the prevalence of amblyopia and other ocular disorders in two population-based samples of 12-13-year-old children, one that had been vision-screened at preschool age and the other that had not. READ MORE

  5. 3. Perspectives on screening strategies for early detection of childhood hearing impairment

    Author : Allison Mackey; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Abstract : The aims of this thesis were to assess the status of childhood hearing screening programmes, primarily in Europe, and to evaluate their performance against the parameters that make up a childhood hearing screening programme, such as test method, protocol, location, screening professional, and age of the infant at screening. Studies I, III and III were ecological studies within the EUSCREEN project. READ MORE