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Effects of early reduced light exposure on central visual development in preterm infants
M S Roy1, C Caramelli, J Orquin
1Department of Ophthalmology, Research Centre Ste-Justine Hospital, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. roymarie@ere.umontreal.ca
Acta Paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992)
|May 26, 1999
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to determine, in infants born at < or =29 weeks postmenstrual age until 32 weeks postmenstrual age, whether reduction to light stimulation by occlusion of eyes affected central visual development. The pattern visual-evoked potential responses at 41 and 51 weeks postmenstrual age and 3 y of age did not differ between infants subjected or not to ocular occlusion. Hence, an early marked reduction in light stimulation in preterm infants does not seem deleterious to visual development.