aviation ophthalmology...6.3.3 visual requirements • 6.3.3.2 distant visual acuity with or without...
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Aviation ophthalmologyAviation ophthalmology
Dr Anthony EvansChief, Aviation Medicine Section
ICAO, Montreal
Mexico City, April, 2011
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PlanPlan
• Visual acuityVisual acuity
• Spectacle prescription
i h l fi ld• Peripheral fields
• (Colour vision) – Dr Staff
• Cases
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6.3.3 Visual requirements6.3.3 Visual requirements
• 6.3.3.2 Distant visual acuity with or without correction shall be 6/9 or better in each eye separately, and binocular visual acuity shall be 6/6 or better. No limits apply to uncorrected visual acuity. Where this standard of visual acuity can be obtained only with correcting lenses, the applicant may be assessed as fit provided that:
• a) such correcting lenses are worn during thea) such correcting lenses are worn during the exercise of the privileges of the licence or rating applied for or held; and
• b) in addition a pair of suitable correcting spectacles• b) in addition, a pair of suitable correcting spectacles is kept readily available during the exercise of the privileges of the applicant’s licence.
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Visual acuityVisual acuity
Myopia or hypermetropia?
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Visual acuityVisual acuity
Myopia or hypermetropia?
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Visual acuityVisual acuity
Myopia
6/6 = ?20/20 = ?
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Visual acuityVisual acuity
Hypermetropia
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Spectacle prescriptionSpectacle prescription
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CasesCases
• Airline pilot 55 years 12 000 hours fireworkAirline pilot, 55 years, 12,000 hours, firework accident– Distant VA: R = 6/5 L = 6/60– Distant VA: R = 6/5, L = 6/60
• Class 1 applicant, 23 yearsS l i i– Spectacle prescription:
• R = ‐7.5, L = ‐6.5
• R + 7 5 L + 6 5• R = + 7.5, L = + 6.5
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Visual fields“3.3.5 The applicant shall be required to have normal fields of vision”.
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Visual fieldsVisual fields
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CasesCases
• 35 year old first officer Myopic – 4 5 dioptres35 year old first officer. Myopic 4.5 dioptres both eyes. Retinal detachment right eye March 2008 Treated by laser therapy – stableMarch 2008. Treated by laser therapy stable right upper quadrant visual field deficit in right eye Left eye normal Central vision in eacheye. Left eye normal. Central vision in each eye = 6/5
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CasesCases
• Class 1 applicant, 23 yearsS t l i ti LASIK– Spectacle prescription pre‐LASIK:
• R = ‐7.5, L = ‐6.5
• R = + 7 5 L = + 6 5• R = + 7.5, L = + 6.5
– Spectacle prescription 12 months post‐LASIK• R = ‐ 1 5 L= ‐1 0 stable no post‐op complications• R = ‐ 1.5, L= ‐1.0, stable, no post‐op complications
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Aviation ophthalmologyAviation ophthalmology
Dr Anthony EvansChief, Aviation Medicine Section
ICAO, Montreal
Mexico City, April, 2011
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Colour visionColour vision
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ICAO C‐V StandardsICAO C V Standards
• 6.2.4.1 Contracting States shall use such6.2.4.1 Contracting States shall use such methods of examination as will guarantee reliable testing of colour perception.
• 6.2.4.2 The applicant shall be required to demonstrate the ability to perceive readily those colours the perception of which is necessary for the safe performance of duties.
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ICAO C‐V StandardsICAO C V Standards
• 6.2.4.3 The applicant shall be tested for the6.2.4.3 The applicant shall be tested for the ability to correctly identify a series of pseudoisochromatic plates…….
• 6.2.4.4 An applicant failing to obtain a satisfactory result in such a test shall be assessed as unfit unless able to readily distinguish the colours used in air navigation d l id if i i l d li hand correctly identify aviation coloured lights
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JAR requirementsJAR requirements
• Pass Ishihara test or (if failed);
• Pass Nagel anomaloscope or;
• Pass a lantern test such as:Pass a lantern test such as:
Holmes‐Wright, Beyne, Spectrolux
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Ishihara Test (24 plate version ‐ only first 15 plates tested)
Pass criteriaplates tested)
• JAR ‐ first 15 plates read normally• Ishihara ‐ 13 or more plates read normally• Australia/New Zealand/Canada – 13 or more plates read• Australia/New Zealand/Canada – 13 or more plates read
normally• FAA ‐ 9 or more plates read normally
• JAR pass very stringent: normals can have ‘misreadings’
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Nagel anomaloscopeNagel anomaloscope
‘G ld t d d’ f di i / tifi ti f d l d fi i• ‘Gold standard’ for diagnosis/quantification of red‐green colour deficiency
• Colour matching: R + G = Y
Red (670nm) + Green (546nm)= Yellow (589nm)
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Holmes‐Wright, Type A 9 pairs of lights: R,G,W
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Spectrolux: 12 pairs of lightsR,G,W
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Beyne: 5 single lights: R,G,W,B,Y/O
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SummarySummary
• Vision requirements are provided in Annex 1Vision requirements are provided in Annex 1
• Perfect vision is not required for safe flight
i h f i bl if• High refractive errors are acceptable if adequately corrected
• Colour vision requirements need to be specific and applied consistently