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    Am J Optom Physiol Opt. 1988 Sep;65(9):745-50.

    The Hirschberg test: a double-masked clinical evaluation.

    Eskridge JB, Wick B, Perrigin D.

    School of Optometry, University of Alabama, Birmingham.

    Though the Hirschberg test has been used for over a 100 years, several different formulas are still being recommended and used clinically to determine the amount of a given ocular deviation. The purpose of this study was to obtain a double-masked clinical evaluation of the Hirschberg test. Several strabismic patients were evaluated by one investigator using the alternate cover test and by another investigator using a photographic Hirschberg procedure in a double-masked procedure. It was determined that the Hirschberg test can be used for strabismic patients of all ages and that the most appropriate formula to use is 1 mm = 22 delta.

    PMID: 3056019 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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