Clinical Diagnosis

Abstract

A 12-year-old male presents for vision examina­tion, along with teachers and classmates from the local school for deaf children. An initiative to ensure that the students receive regular vision care was undertaken by the school, in response to concerns about undetected and untreated vision problems in this at-risk population. The child's teachers have observed that his left eye turns out, and that he displays difficulty with glare. He himself reports that vision in the left eye is poor, and that people must stand on his right side in order for him to communicate with them by sign lan­guage. His kindergarten teacher remembers that he was supposed to wear a contact lens in one eye, however this was seldom done. The child reports that he has glasses at home, but that he never wears them.