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What is ORTHOPTICS ?
What is ORTHOPTICS ?
The term ORTHOPTIC means ‘straight eyes’, originating from the Greek words ‘orth’, meaning straight, and ‘optics’, which relates to the eye.
It is the study of the development of vision, lazy eye, depth perception, eye movements, eye alignment and the ability to use the eyes as a pair.
The Orthoptic Clinic is part of the Department of Ophthalmology.This clinic sees both children and adults with eye problems related to:
Eye alignment and eye movement (strabismus)
Lazy eye (amblyopia)
Double vision (diplopia)
How the eyes work together (binocular vision)
You need a referral from an Ophthalmologist to be seen in the ORTHOPTIC CLINIC
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