Binocular vision disorders. Students of the National Institute of Hearing and Language. Quito, 2019.

Abstract

Visual problems are increasingly common, three out of four people suffer from them, especially in adolescents and in the population over 20 years of age. A prospective longitudinal descriptive study was carried out with the objective of diagnosing binocular vision alterations in students of the National Institute of Hearing and Language in Quito, Ecuador, 2019. The universe consisted of 120 students from the educational establishment and the sample by 112 of them who met the inclusion criteria. The Titmus test showed that there are 84 patients (75%) with normal binocular vision corresponding to the highest percentage of the sample, while 28 patients (25%) present some alteration in binocular vision. There are 76 patients (67.86%) with normal visual acuity, followed by 26 patients (23.22%) with visual limitation, while 10 patients (8.92%) presented severe visual limitation. The female sex predominated with 61 patients (50.89%). The age group with the highest incidence was between 14-17 with 52 patients (46.43%). 15 amblyopic patients (10%) and 5 patients with strabismus (3.33%) were diagnosed. Optical correction was indicated in 20 patients, occlusions in 10 patients (8.93%), penalization in 5 children, and prism therapy in 5 patients (4.46%).