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Near Reading Card Collection

Near Reading Cards

Number 9 in the Hanks Monograph series is a newly revised collection of reading cards for use by optometrists. These are available by instant-download and can be printed and replaced as needed.

These high-resolution printable reading cards are for measuring near visual acuity (NVA) and visual performance with different tasks. Each of the Reading Cards is A5 size (1/2 A4).

Cards are included for many popular hobbies and activities. Patients are familiar with them and they can easily relate to them. These include music, playing cards, crosswords, computer display, telephone book, mobile phone screen, textbooks, etc.

The collection also includes cards for special clinical tests at the near point. These clinical Reading Cards include Near Snellen Chart; Astigmatic Fan, Blocks & Clock; Fused Cross Cyl; Muscle Balance; Paediatric Optotypes; Tumbling E (Illiterate E); Near Phorias and Ductions.

Another section of the Reading card Collection is devoted to multi-cultural reading texts. These are especially useful for those patients who do not read English. The languages included are Italian; Greek; French; Spanish; Vietnamese; and Chinese

TIP: These reading cards can be printed and laminated, or simply re-printed as needed after use.

Click here to go to the page.

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Visual Acuity Chart Collection

Visual Acuity Chart Collection

Number 7 in the Hanks Monograph series is a collection of visual acuity charts, available for instant download. This is great for optometrists with a variety of charts. They are also valuable for health care practitioners (like doctors and nurses) who need to screen the vision of patients.

The high resolution printable charts are for measuring distance visual acuity (VA). There are standard Snellen Letter Charts – included here in 3 versions to avoid memorising. There are also options for Number Charts, LogMAR and Indirect (Mirror) Charts.

​There are also charts for use with young children who cannot reliably recognise letters. The optotypes have been tested and validated with pre-school children (aged 3 to 5 years). These are included in 2 versions.

More specialised charts are for use with young children, as well as people who cannot speak English, or reliably recognise letters. The subject simply indicates the direction of the “Tumbling E” (Illiterate E)  or the Landolt ring.

​The collection also includes charts for use when screening for astigmatism, or when measuring the cylinder axis of the astigmatism.

This whole collection is a great resource, especially for optometrists visiting nursing homes or for primary care doctors in their consulting rooms.

TIP: Print any of these charts on standard A4 paper for use at 3 metres (10  feet), or on A3 paper for use at 6 metres (20 feet).

Click here to go to the page.

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Vision Training Resources

Number 8 in the Hanks Monograph series is a set of Vision Training exercise sheets – ready for use by optometrists in their practices.

The sheets cover Amblyopia and Suppression; Accommodation and Convergence; Visual Motor Skills and Visual Perception.

The author has also created a handy Planning Form, that can be completed for each patient.

TIP: If you want to add Vision Training to your practice, or expand it in a professional way, check out this great new resource.

Click here to go to the page.

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Click here to view the ‘Table of Contents’.

 

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Library of Forms for Optometrists

This resource is getting a great response from optometrists in many countries – it’s a library of forms that are ready for use in their practices.

There are over 200 pages in the collection and they are indexed into 14 areas:  For Use In-Practice;  Schools;  Staff Meetings;  Calculators;  For Clinical Use;  Dispensing;  Contact Lenses;  Practice Management;  For Use by Others (like referral sources);  Patient Education;  Employment;  Community Talks;  Press Releases;  Reference tables;  In Practice Signs.

TIP: Print your choice of forms and make photocopies for use in your practice, or copy them onto your letterhead where appropriate.  This is an outstanding resource.

Click here to go to the page.

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Click here to view the ‘Table of Contents’.

 

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Visual acuity conversion charts

You often find that one piece of eye-care equipment is calibrated in a different way. All optometrists have a preferred way of recording visual acuity consistently, but your chart may be marked in a different way.

The website linked here has 3 different charts for converting visual acuity measurements (including LogMAR):

1:   Decimal to Metric (1.0 – 6/6)

2:   Decimal to Imperial (1.0 – 20/20)

3:   Metric to Imperial (6/6 – 20/20)

TIP: Print and laminate the chart that is best for your preferred visual acuity measurements in your eye-care practice.  Then put the reference table on the wall near the chart controller.

Click here to go to the page: Then scroll to >Clinical Aids.

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When is chromatism noticeable?

Spectacle lens chromatism

Chromatism is the name of the rainbow coloured fringes seen around high contrast borders. These become more noticeable when a person looks away from the centre of lens, especially in high powered lenses.

The website linked here has a worksheet you can use to calculate the distance from the lens centre where patients will notice chromatism in high powered lenses.

TIP: Print and photocopy these forms for making the Clinically Noticeable Chromatism in your eye-care practice.

​Click here to go to the page: Then scroll to >Dispensing Aids.

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Explain ocular coherence tomography (OCT)

Educating patients about their eyecare is always a good idea.

The website linked here has a Patient Education handout about Ocular Coherence Tomography (OCT). It supports the clinical need for OCT and is designed to result in increased uptake of this additional service.

TIP: Print the handout and make colour photocopies with the header banner replaced by your letterhead. Then use these as handouts to support the clinical advice that you give to your patients.

​Click here to go to the page: Then scroll to >Patient Education

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Click here to view the OCT download.

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How to get teacher feedback about a child’s vision

Looking after the vision of children is a good way to grow an optometry practice. However, children are often unable to give reliable information about their symptoms; so it’s important to understand the signs of a possible vision problem. Optometrists routinely ask parents what they have noticed, but often some of the best observations will come from the child’s teacher.

The website linked below has a handout that can be given to parents for them to pass along to the teacher. We can then gather more information about how a vision problem is affecting the child’s behaviour and school performance.

TIP: Print the handout and make copies for the consulting room. When a situation arises where a prescription would be given only if warranted by the signs & symptoms, give a form to the parents to pass on to the teacher for them to record their observations. The form is then returned at a follow-up assessment when a more informed decision can then be made about treatment.

​Click here to go to the page: Then scroll to >Patient Education.

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Handouts for explaining eye health

As well as the standard information handouts for Patient Education (about eye conditions like myopia and cataract), two handout sheets have been shared by a practitioner.

The website in this link has downloads that are ideal for use with clinical explanations in the consulting room. There is one about ‘Anatomy of the Human Eye’ in general and another with a ‘Cross-Section of the Human Eye’. Both are a standard A4 size and produced in colour.

TIP: Print each handout and make photocopies for use in the consulting room. Then use these as handouts to support the clinical explanations that you give to your patients – making notes and highlighting relevant areas so that they are personalised to each situation.

Click here to go to the page: Then scroll to >Patient Education

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Click here to view the download for ‘Anatomy of the Human Eye’.