A comprehensive eye examination is undertaken, which is tailored to the patient's individual needs using sophisticated computer equipment.
The traditional method of examining the back of the eye involves shining a light into your eye using a hand held instrument. With this instrument we are able to see only a very small area of the back of the eye at any one time, rather like looking through a keyhole. Asking you to move your eyes in different directions allows us to build up a mental image of the whole retina. Notes and small diagrams are then used to record this information. At the next examination this is repeated and the two descriptions are compared.
David Snow Opticians can now offer a more modern eye examination known as retinal photography.
