A complete eye exam will include multiple tests to check both the front and the back of the eye. Your first eye exam will be important in establishing a baseline from which to track any changes that may indicate eye disease.

1. What to Expect at Your
Yearly Eye Exam

2. The Basics of a Complete Exam
An eye exam
involves an external
examination followed
by a series of tests
designed to evaluate
your vision and
check for eye
diseases.

3. External Examination
From National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

4. Visual Acuity
Visual acuity is the eye's ability to detect fine details
and to see an in-focus image at a certain distance.

5. Pupil function
In this test the doctor
uses a light to inspect
the equal size, shape
and reaction of your
pupil.

6. Eye Movements
This test shows the ability of your eyes to
track by looking from one point to another,
as well as track a moving object.

7. Visual Field Testing
Each eye is tested
separately to determine
the extent of your
peripheral vision

8. Eye Pressure
This test measures
the fluid pressure
inside the eye.

9. Looking Inside Your Eye
Special drops are placed in your eyes to
dilate the pupils allowing the doctor to see
the back of your eye, including the retina.
From National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health

10. Slit-lamp Exam
This device has an
adjustable light and
magnification to view
multiple layers of your
eye, from the cornea to
the retina.

11. Summary
These tests should be done on a regular basis,
or as instructed by your eye care professional.
Early diagnosis of eye diseases such as age-
related macular degeneration, diabetic
retinopathy and glaucoma increases your
therapeutic options and can help retain vision
longer.

12. For more information about
eye disease, treatments,
research and resources,
please go to
www.DiscoveryEye.org