The Study of Perceptual Eye Position Examination and Visual Perceptual Training in Postoperative Intermittent Exotropes

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate perceptual eye position (PEP) and to evaluate the effect of dichoptic visual perceptual training in postoperative intermittent exotropia [X(T)]. We enrolled 30 non-strabismus children (control group) and 54 postoperative X(T) children [divided into training group (33 patients) and non-training group (21 patients)]. All subjects received measurements of PEP, and the postoperative X(T) children were measured both in the third postoperative day and the third postoperative month. All patients in training group received 3-month dichoptic visual perceptual training based on a unique virtual reality platform. The results showed that the postoperative X(T) children with normal eye position still had an abnormal PEP. After a period of visual perceptual training, the PEP pixels in postoperative children dramatically decreased. The results revealed that PEP could evaluate fixation disparity and binocular visual function perceptively and precisely, and the dichoptic visual perceptive training may rebuild binocular visual function.

Keywords: dichoptic visual perceptual training; intermittent exotropia; perceptual eye position; postoperative.