Product Overview
Welch Allyn
Spot Binocular Autorefractor
The Spot Vision Screener is a handheld vision screening device that helps users quickly and easily detect vision issues on patients from 6 months of age through adult
Spot screens both eyes at once from a nonthreatening 3-foot distance. The touch-screen display allows for one-touch activation, simple management of patient data entry, and easy configuration for both vision screening tests and autorefraction applications.
Features
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Supports AAP screening guidelines for early detection of amblyopic risk factors
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Automated vision screening device provides thorough, objective, and easy-to-understand results
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Easy to use, easy to implement with minimal user training required
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Adequately powered for mass screening events
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Captures readings 97% of the time helping to screen otherwise difficult patients
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Wireless printing and WiFi-enabled for easy export of data
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Manual exports available via USB port
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Uses lights and sounds to help engage children
Policy guidelines strongly recommend instrument-based vision screening.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) supports instrument-based vision screening as an alternative to visual acuity testing with eye charts (Snellen chart, optotypes). These techniques have better success after 12 months of age and can be repeated at each annual preventative medicine encounter through 5 years of age or until visual acuity can be assessed reliably.⁴
6 mos - 3 yrs (pre-verbal)
Ideal stage to detect amblyopic precursors
4 - 8 yrs (assess school readiness) Final opportunity to detect amblyopic conditions through refractive measurements
9 - 15 yrs (adolescence)
Changes in vision are common as the body grows; 1 in 4 children in this stage have a vision issue2
