The classification of amblyopia on the basis of visual and oculomotor performance

McKee, Suzanne P, Schor, Clifton M, Steinman, Scott B, Wilson, Nance, Koch, Gary G, Davis, Sonia M, Hsu-Winges, C, Day, Susan H, Chan, Christine L, Movshon, J Anthony and others.

Published in Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society, vol.90 pp. 123, 1992.

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    • Amblyopia is most simply defined as a loss of visual acuity without an identified organic cause. Traditionally, the amblyope is classified as strabismic, anisometropic, refractive, or deprivational according to the accompanying conditions thought to be responsible for the acuity loss. Although it is widely recognized that these classes are neither particularly uniform nor discriminative, there is no established means of classifying amblyopia on the basis of visual function alone. Our primary objective was to create a classification system for amblyopia based on a broad spectrum of clinical, psychophysical, and oculomotor abnormalities - a system that could supplement or perhaps supplant the traditional approach leading to better diagnosis and treatment. We report here the results from a pilot study showing that this objective is feasible.
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