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A complete eye exam involves a series of tests designed to evaluate your vision and check for eye diseases. Your eye doctor may use a variety of instruments, aim bright lights directly at your eyes and request that you look through a wide array of lenses. Each test during an eye exam evaluates a different aspect of your vision.
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- Comprehensive eye and vision examination. American Optometric Association. http://www.aoa.org/eye-exams.xml. Accessed Sept. 8, 2010.
- Comprehensive Adult Eye and Vision Examination. St. Louis, Mo.: American Optometric Association. http://www.aoa.org/documents/CPG-1.pdf. Accessed Sept. 8, 2010.
- Chang DF. Ophthalmologic examination. In: Riodan-Eva P, et al. Vaughan & Asbury's General Ophthalmology. 17th ed. New York, N.Y.: Lange Medical Books McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.; 2008. http://www.accessmedicine.com/resourceTOC.aspx?resourceID=19. Accessed Sept. 8, 2010.
- Comprehensive adult medical eye evaluation. San Francisco, Calif.: American Academy of Ophthalmology. http://one.aao.org/asset.axd?id=f49066eb-0297-4b65-820a-ee59e398bbd8. Accessed Sept. 8, 2010.
- What is a doctor of optometry? American Optometric Association. http://www.aoa.org/x4891.xml. Accessed Sept. 10, 2010.
- Pediatric eye and vision examination. St. Louis, Mo.: American Optometric Association. http://www.aoa.org/documents/CPG-2.pdf. Accessed Sept. 8, 2010.
- What is an ophthalmologist? EyeCare America. http://www.eyecareamerica.org/eyecare/tmp/What-is-an-Ophthalmologist.cfm. Accessed Sept. 10, 2010.
- Robertson DM (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. Sept. 14, 2010.
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