New Methods of Sensory Visual Testing

by Michael Wall

This book explores the more sensitive and sophisticated methods presently being used in assessment of visual function and detection of eye and optic nerve disease, in- cluding contrast sensitivity testing, visual evoked poten- tials, brightness sense testing, threshold Amsler grid testing, critical flicker fusion, and automated perimetry. The book acquaints clinical and research ophthalmologists with proper interpretation of test results and emphasizes the advantage and utility of each test.

156 pages, Paperback

First published October 24, 1989

About the author

Michael Wall is a former Chief Press Secretary for the New Zealand Government. He has also worked in the Office of the Prime Minister, under the administration of Sir Robert Muldoon.

He now lives at Te Ore Ore in the Wairarapa where he writes and breeds sports horses. He has written a series of thriller novels, including Museum Street, Friendly Fire, The Cassino Legacy, The Temptations of Frederick Weld, and Cardinal Sins.

He has also written other books, including the non-fiction book Wairarapa: A Place Apart