FLEXIBLE METHODOLOGY FOR ASSISTED SMALL SCHOOL CHILDREN INVESTIGATION

Results on scholar, current and sportive activities for children depend in a very large extent by the visual function health. A child with unsolved problems at visual system certainly will have trouble at school but also in other current activities. Such problems have as main cause the fact that low vision lead to an effort increasing for information perception, understanding and concentration of attention. As a consequence, a major importance is given to the compensatory solutions for low vision, using glasses or contact lenses. A very important aspect is referring to the solutions efficiency evaluation for visual function, especially after a period of time of glasses or contact lenses wearing. For this reason, in the paper is presented a new method developed as research activity, the key-element being to make an efficient and flexible software application for randomly displaying of some optotypes and for degree of rightness and readiness evaluation while their reading. Using the software, the examiner could generate automatically a score and a verdict on child testing results (low vision, degree of correction after training etc). Running the application, the optometrist will be able to select: the age, the category of tracked optotypes, method for quantifying. He will obtain very useful information on totalized scores for all important criteria, depending by the child answer during the tests. In the present, the research activity is focused on the improvement and testing the software application for it’s widely use by the students on optometry, as activity to prepare their career.