Author Description

Product Description Professor Chen and Professor Leat have devoted their careers to the field of paediatric vision for many years and are well published in this area. Both have been inspiring figures in the Optometry profession in their respective countries. Their collaboration with world experts (in the field of low vision, colour vision, dispensing, ocular diseases, etc.) has resulted in this long awaited paediatric vision care book, which is an important milestone and will be a valuable resource for education in clinical eye care. This book gathers wisdom and knowledge from among Western and Eastern academics. The contributing authors have written from their passion and enthusiasm to develop and shape paediatric vision care within the eye care profession. The book incorporates comprehensive information on current practice, based on the evidence-base in the literature, and discusses future challenges in paediatric vision care. Paediatric Vision Care provides a guide for the paediatric eye care professional and covers all aspects of the management of eye care for infants and children up to and including the early teenage years. The first and main section covers vision development and the scope of paediatric vision care in terms of assessment and management. The second section shares two current challenges and controversies in paediatric eye care practice, namely orthokeratology and yoked prisms. There are numerous photographs of cases, scans and graphs provided in full colour, throughout the text. About the Author Dr Ai-Hong Chen Ai-Hong Chen is a Professor of Optometry at the Universiti Teknologi MARA. She currently holds positions as the Head for the Center of Excellence for Research in Optometry & Vision Sciences (iROViS) and the Director for the Communities of Research in UiTM. Since 2002, she has been a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and a Fellow of the College of Vision Development since 2003. She has been i