Does rate of stimulus presentation affect measured visual field extent in infants and toddlers?
PURPOSE: To evaluate the effect of stimulus presentation rate on the measurement of visual field extent in infants and toddlers. METHODS: Visual field extent was measured for 300 children (N = 60 at 3.5, 7, 11, 17, and 30 months) and 24 adults using hybrid static-kinetic perimetry. Flickering light-emitting diode (LED) stimuli were illuminated sequentially, peripherally to centrally at 10.2 degrees intervals, along 4 diagonal meridia at 2 stimulus presentation rates: 2 s/stimulus (equivalent to 5 degrees/s) and 3 s/stimulus (equivalent to 3 degrees/s). Rate of presentation was a between-subjects variable. RESULTS: No effect of stimulus presentation rate was found for adults. The faster rate of stimulus presentation yielded smaller measured visual field extent for children between the ages of 7 and 30 months. The apparent difference seen with 3.5-month-olds did not reach significance. CONCLUSIONS: Faster rates of stimulus presentation may result in underestimation of visual field extent
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