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Diagnose and treat visual system disorders such as binocular vision and eye movement impairments.

Currently Employed: 894

Yearly Projected Openings: 30

Typical Hourly Wage: $39.05 - $57.33

Typical Annual Salary: $81,200 - $119,200

• Evaluate, diagnose, or treat disorders of the visual system with an emphasis on binocular vision or abnormal eye movements.
• Perform diagnostic tests or measurements such as motor testing, visual acuity testing, lensometry, retinoscopy, and color vision testing.
• Examine patients with problems related to ocular motility, binocular vision, amblyopia, or strabismus.
• Develop non-surgical treatment plans for patients with conditions such as strabismus, nystagmus, and other visual disorders.
• Provide instructions to patients or family members concerning diagnoses or treatment plans.
• Provide non-surgical interventions, including corrective lenses, patches, drops, fusion exercises, or stereograms, to treat conditions such as strabismus, heterophoria, and convergence insufficiency.
• Develop or use special test and communication techniques to facilitate diagnosis and treatment of children or disabled patients.
• Interpret clinical or diagnostic test results.
• Refer patients to ophthalmic surgeons or other physicians.
• Provide training related to clinical methods or orthoptics to students, resident physicians, or other health professionals.

• Depth perception apparatus
• Eye charts or vision cards
• Ophthalmic eye test lenses or accessories
• Ophthalmic prisms
• Ophthalmoscopes or otoscopes or scope sets

• Computer based training software
• Medical software
• Presentation software
• Spreadsheet software
• Word processing software