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Bernice C. English; B. Cecelia Shmukler, M.D.; Alfred Cowan, M.D.

Arch Ophthal. 1939;22(6):1068-1073.

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This study was undertaken for the purpose of determining the relative value of each of the following methods : the visual safety telebinocular method (Betts), the N.E.A.M.A.¹ method of testing vision and the ordinary routine medical inspection in schools. For the purpose of this investigation all children tested were taken from the third grade. Their ages ranged between 8 and 10 years. This was done in order to eliminate as far as possible any variable factors which might be influenced by age, experience or intelligence. The N.E.A.M.A. method and the Betts method were carried out by the same school nurses. Four hundred and eighty-five children were tested by all three methods. A description of these three screening methods is presented.

SCHOOL MEDICAL INSPECTION

The manual issued by the Pennsylvania State Department of Health presents the following instruction for the school medical inspector :

Hang the Snellen chart against a dark background . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Harrisburg, Pa.; Pittsburgh; Philadelphia

From the State Council for the Blind, Department of Welfare, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Footnotes
This study was conducted cooperatively with the Department of Public Instruction and the superintendent of schools of Erie County.

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