Comprehensive eye examination
forty-five minutes (add fifteen minutes for a first visit)
The full examination, with a written prescription at the end of it.
Anybody who has not had one in a year or two, or whose sight has changed.
$145
In the examination lane
Retinal imaging and visual fields
A picture that can be laid beside next year's picture.
Two things happen here that an examination on its own cannot do. A photograph of the back of the eye records what it looked like today, and a scan measures the thickness of the layers of the retina in microns. Neither is a diagnosis. Both become far more useful the second time, because the comparison is the finding.
What this includes
- A wide photograph of the retina of each eye
- A cross-section scan through the macula where the detail vision sits
- Images of the optic nerve head and the fibre layer around it
- A map of the visual field where the history calls for one
- Everything kept, so that next year has something to be compared with
What this is not
- An image is a record, not a conclusion, and it is read by a person
- It does not replace looking at the eye directly, and we do both
The appointment
Booking this
Booked as part of a comprehensive eye examination, or added to a monitoring visit where your history calls for it.
Where this is bounded
What we will and will not tell you here is bounded by this straight answer: A screening is not a diagnosis.
A record, not a conclusion
Ring to book an examination that includes retinal imaging.