VSA BLOG

Ainun Najwa Aqilah Binti Mohamad Razaki, B. Optom Student, Management and Science University, Malaysia   Introduction Colour vision deficiency/colour blindness is not 100% blindness, rather it is a deficit in the perception of colour. Colour blind people have...

Aishwarya Gupta, B. Optom Fellow Optometrist, Dr. Shroff’s Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi   Introduction Glaucoma is defined as a group of optic neuropathies with structural changes at the optic nerve head that may lead to visual field loss. (1) The types of...

Amirul Aiman Bin Fadzliniza, B. Optom Student, Management and Science University, Malaysia   Introduction The science of colour measurement is known as colorimetry. Developed by Helmholtz, Maxwell, and Young, they hypothesised the colour perception of humans...

Heena Gupta, B. Optom Paediatric Fellow Optometrist, Dr. Shroff Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi Introduction Down syndrome is known as Trisomy 21, an extra copy of the 21st chromosome present at birth. About 60% of patients with down syndrome have ocular...

Larissa S. Almeida, B. Optom Fellow – BV & VT, Vasai Blind Relief Association, Maharashtra , India   What is syntonic therapy? The application of syntonic through the visual pathway was experimented with and clinically valid in 1933 by H. Riley spitler. The...

Chayan Pramanik, D. Optom Student, Pailan College of Management & Technology, Kolkata, India   Visual disturbances affect the normal sight. Several conditions and disorders may cause various types of visual disturbances which are commonly seen in inflammatory...

Nandita Chakraborty, B.Optom Student, NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata   Introduction:  Dyslexia is a learning difficulty that primarily affects the skills involved in accurate and fluent word reading and spelling. (1) This affects areas of the brain that process...

Santosh Chhetri, B. Optom; Suraj Thapa Magar, B. Optom M. Optom Student, Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, Nepal   Background Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a degenerative ocular condition that is a leading cause of vision loss and blindness...

Somayeh Heidarzadeh, M. Optom Senior Training Manager, Vision Science Academy Vision Science Academy Exclusive Introduction Myopia, also known as near-sightedness, is a common vision condition that impacts how an individual sees objects. It is caused by a refractive...