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Services
The highest standards of clinical care at A.S Optometrists
The eye examination has 3 main functions:
1. To assess how well you see and to prescribe spectacles or contact lenses should they be 
necessary.
2. To check how the eyes work together (binocular vision and mobility).
3. To check the health of your eyes and to detect any general health problems that may be evident. Conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, kidney failure, neurological problems and many other eye diseases and pathological disorders may be detected through an eye examination.
Your eye examination will include:
• a general health history
• a distance and near vision assessment
• a full refractive analysis
• eye coordination and muscle balance tests
• focusing ability and reflexes tests
• depth and colour perception tests
• cornea and anterior eye examination
• retina, optic nerve and blood vessel examination
• a peripheral vision assessment
• eye photography if necessary (for which an extra fee may apply)
And any further clinical tests found to be necessary. If you are in a glaucoma "at risk" group, you will also be given a visual field test and eye pressure test. If either of these suggests an abnormality further tests may be recommended.
Contact Lens Wearers
Contact lens patients or those who are being assessed for contact lens wear will require aslightly different examination which will include assessment of the shape and size of your eyes and measurement of the tear film.
