Visual field confrontation test

• Visual field confrontation test - Area testing:

  • Looks at scope of vision of each eye assessing central and peripheral vision of each eye separately
• Visual field confrontation test - Instructions:

  • Patient covers one eye with hand or small card
  • Patient to look at therapist nose
  • Hold up fingers in one quadrant
  • Patient asked to state how many fingers holding up/or state when can see finger/see finger moving
  • Repeat in each quadrant and for each eye
• Visual field confrontation test - Outcome:

  • Should be equal and able to see peripheral and central