An evaluation of accommodation response in amblyopic eyes

A laser optometer and an auditory feedback system were used to assess the accommodative response in normal eyes, and in the dominant and amblyopic eyes of amblyopes. Although the accommodative response improved in amblyopic eyes when these eyes achieved steady foveal fixation it is not clear how much of the subnormal acuity in amblyopic eyes is due to eccentric fixation, unsteady fixation, inappropriate accommodation, refractive error or some combination of these factors.