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Visual acuity can be quantitatively measured by the acuity cards in neonates, while stereopsis is not demonstrable, for it is unlikely to be present at birth. So long as a new-born infant is ophthalmologically normal and is kept under normal visual environment, visual acuity of approximately 0.02 at birth will gradually develop to almost 1.0 at the age of 3 years. However, stereopsis is likely to start to occur in the 3rd or 4th month after birth but the development thereafter is not so clear as visual acuity. In order to preserve normal development of these visual functions and to prevent breakdown of both visual acuity and stereopsis in functional amblyopia, quantitative measurement of visual acuity and stereoacuity in infants is very important.
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Awaya, S., Mizukami, Y., Kamiya, A., Koizumi, E., Miyake, S. (1990). Studies of Stereoacuity in Infants by the TV-Random Dot Stereo Test. In: Campos, E.C. (eds) Strabismus and Ocular Motility Disorders. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11188-6_14
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