VISUAL-ACUITY IN THE FIRST YEAR OF LIFE I N HEALTHY TERM NEWBORN - ANEXPERIENCE WITH THE TELLER ACUITY CARDS

Teller Acuity Cards are a new procedure for evaluation of visual acuit y in newborns and infants. We assess by this test 60 healthy term newb orns followed up every 3 months from birth to one year of age. Acuity values of our sample are compared and agree with those of authors. The y are the first Italian data referred to a group of healthy term newbo rns. This procedure is easy to apply in clinic evaluation; it is not i nvasive, repeatable, fast and accurate and it can be used from birth u ntil pre-school age.