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How is colour blindness diagnosed?
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Dr Meri Vukicevic
Orthoptist
Meri has 17 years experience as an orthoptic clinician. She works as an academic/lecturer in the Department of Clinical Vision Sciences and has completed a … View Profile
Colour blindness is diagnosed using a very simple clinical test where the patient is asked to either match colours or identify numbers comprised of dots on a page. An orthoptist can easily test you for colour blindness and give you instant information about whether you are colour blind and if so, what type of colour blindness you have.
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