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Neuro-Optometric Assessment
After a concussion, stroke, or other brain injury, vision often changes in ways that don't show up on a standard eye chart: double vision, trouble reading, discomfort in busy visual environments, or a general sense that things "don't feel right" visually, even when eyesight itself still tests as normal. Dr Chea completed additional training in this area through OEPF's Acquired/Traumatic Brain Injury course, and works alongside a patient's treating team to assess how the visual system has been affected and what can be done to support recovery.
Scope of practice
Neuro-optometric assessment looks at how a brain injury has affected the visual system specifically, separate from, and in addition to, any general neurological or rehabilitation assessment already underway. Dr Chea's training through OEPF's Acquired/Traumatic Brain Injury course (from 2016) sits alongside her broader background in vision therapy and behavioural optometry, and this assessment is typically one part of a wider rehabilitation plan coordinated with a patient's other treating clinicians.
2016+
OEPF Acquired/Traumatic Brain Injury course completed
Visual symptoms following concussion, stroke, acquired brain injury, or traumatic brain injury, including double vision, blurred vision, difficulty reading, light sensitivity, poor concentration on visual tasks, and dizziness or nausea linked to visual input.
Oculomotor function (how the eyes move and track), binocular vision (how the two eyes work together), visual processing, and how any deficits found are affecting daily function: reading, screen use, and other visual demands relevant to recovery and return to work or study.
Neurologists, rehabilitation physicians, GPs, occupational therapists, and other allied health clinicians involved in a patient's recovery.
Common questions
What conditions or injuries does this cover?
This assessment is for visual symptoms following concussion, stroke, acquired brain injury, or traumatic brain injury, for example double vision, blurred or unstable vision, light sensitivity, or reading and concentration difficulties that developed after the injury.
Is a referral needed?
A referral isn't required to book, though many patients are referred by a neurologist, GP, rehabilitation physician, or occupational therapist as part of a wider recovery plan. If you're a treating clinician wanting to refer a patient, see "For Health Professionals" for how to do that.
What does an assessment involve?
It covers how the eyes move and work together, how visual information is processed, and how any of that is affecting day-to-day function: reading, screens, and other visual demands relevant to recovery. Findings are explained plainly to the patient and shared back with the referring clinician.
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