Research Profile
Dr Margaret Woodhouse
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Research Interests
My research centres around Special Needs Optometry. Visual defects are much more common amongst children and adults with disabilities than amongst the general population. My colleagues and I are active in developing tests which enable us to assess vision in people unable to read letter charts or to communicate readily. I have already designed a test, The Cardiff Acuity Test, Cardiff Contrast Test and Cardiff Near Test, for this purpose. My colleagues and I continue our long-term study of visual and cognitive development in infants and young children with Down's Syndrome, who are at particular risk of eye defects. My other interests are the aetiology of refractive and accommodative defects, and the impact of visual impairment on a child's development and education.
Selected Publications
- Accommodation and refractive error in children with Down syndrome: Cross-sectional and longitudinal studies
- Development of refractive error and strabismus in children with Down syndrome
- Ocular and visual defects amongst people with intellectual disabilities participating in Special Olympics
- Acuity measurements in adult subjects using a preferential looking test
- Heart defects and ocular anomalies in children with Down’s syndrome