Visual Acuity OSCE Assessment Quiz

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1
A 24-year-old woman says colours look duller through her left eye and that the eye hurts when she moves it. Each eye is tested separately with Ishihara plates in good light, wearing her usual reading glasses. She reads the first screening plate with both eyes. With the right eye she reads all the remaining plates correctly, but with the left eye she misses several and says red objects look washed out compared with the right. Which interpretation is most appropriate?
2
When testing colour vision with Ishihara plates, what is the main purpose of the first plate?
3
What is the most appropriate way to finish a visual acuity assessment?

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