Confrontation Visual Fields

Summary: • Confrontation Visual Fields o Use your own visual field as the control - cover your eye that's the comparative eye to the patient's o Test central field > Test each eye separately > Use an Amsler grid at the bedside or use your own face o Test peripheral field (4 quadrants) > Kinetic testing • Moving from non-seeing field into the seeing field • Have the patient tell you when they can see your finger > Static testing • Hold up fingers and as the patient how many fingers they see o Test vertical meridian > Used to detect homonymous or bitemporal hemianopsia > Enhance the testing by using a colored test object (red is most sensitive) > Ask if the object is equally red across the vertical meridian