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Essay Archive - U of T professors devise better way to test sight in babies
U of T professors devise better way to test sight in babies
In a darkened room at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, a baby, its
head dotted with electrodes, sits in its mother's lap and watches flashing
black and white checkerboards and stripes on a television screen. Soon
after the test, doctors will know if the child can see and how well it can
see.
The testing procedure, which involves measuring brain wave activity
prompted by visual stimuli (also called visual evoked potentials or VEP's)
has been perfected by Drs. Barry Skarf of the D....
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