Adult & Senior Eye Exams in Killarney

You’ll be asked general questions about your health, medications, and lifestyle to assess your day-to-day vision needs and risk for eye problems. We will also discuss any concerns about your vision or eye health.

Your optometrist will evaluate how your eyes are aligned and how well they move individually and together. Eye movement is essential for various visual skills, such as depth perception and hand-eye coordination.

Your optometrist will examine external eye tissue, eyelids, and the area around your eyes. They’ll check for any abnormalities or changes since your last visit.

Optometrists use various tools and diagnostic technologies to evaluate your internal eye structures. These tests help detect eye diseases and conditions or problems with general health, such as diabetes, hypertension, or vascular diseases.

A slit-lamp exam uses a low-powered microscope and light to examine the front of the eye, including the conjunctiva, cornea, pupil, and lens. 

Retinal imaging uses scans or photography techniques to examine the back of the eye. For example, fundus photography captures detailed, magnified images of the retina, macula, and optic nerve.

Optical Coherence Tomography or OCT is a non-invasive imaging test. OCT uses light waves to take cross-section pictures of your retina. With OCT, your Doctor can see each of the retina’s distinctive layers. This allows them to map and measure their thickness. These measurements help with diagnosis.

Tonometry measures your eye’s fluid pressure—referred to as intraocular pressure (IOP)—to screen for glaucoma. This test uses a device to assess your cornea’s resistance to force. At Eye Q Optometry, we use both noncontact tonometry (an “air puff” test) or contact tonometry (Perkins handheld device).

Numerous tests are available to assess the quality and comfort of your vision, including: 

• Refraction testing with phoropter: Patients look through a device containing lenses. A series of lenses is presented, and patients choose between a combination of lenses until clear focus is obtained.
• Snellen eye chart: Patients identify letters or a specified row of letters from a chart to help test the sharpness of their vision.

Visual field testing: Peripheral (side) vision is assessed with a perimeter (a bowl-shaped device flashes a series of lights or targets). Each eye is tested separately, with patients identifying targets without moving their eyes.