[Reconsideration of the stages in the maturation of visual function in children]

The ocular globe is incompletely developed at the time of birth. The majority of sensorial and motor visual functions differentiate specifically after birth, in a certain chronology. The study of the visual function of the just-born child was based especially on the exams of reflexes, of the ocular globes motility, on the morphological aspect of the ocular globes and on the exam of the eye fundus, the exam of the visual acuity using preferential look (PL), and visual evoked potentials (VEP). The fact that the development of the visual function is directly dependent by the visual experience was emphasized. So the treatment of any ocular disease, which is manifest at bith-time or immediately after birth and which is disturbing the vision, must be done correctly and as soon as possible.