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Acta Physiologica 2011; Volume 203, Supplement 686
Joint Congress of FEPS and Turkish Society of Physiological Sciences
9/3/2011-9/7/2011
Istanbul, Turkey
AN EXAMINATION OF THE RELIABILITY OF GUNDOGAN METHOD USED IN DETERMINING THE DOMINANT EYE WITH TNO TEST RESULTS
Abstract number: PC165
Kotekin1 Belk[inodot]s, Unay Gundogan2 Nimet, Gul Kocak Altintas3 Ay[scedil]e
1Department of Physiology,Antalya Education and Research Hospital, Antalya, Turkey
2Department of Physiology, Baskent University, Ankara,Turkey
3Ulucanlar Education and Research Hospital Clinical of Ophtalmology, Ankara, Turkey
Objective:
The aim of this study is to analyse the reliability of Gundogan Method, which is used in determining the dominant eye (DE), by comparing TNO Test results, regarded as a standard in determining binocularity.
Methods:
Fifty-two students from higher school have attended in this study. These students aged between 19 and 29 have perfect visuality and they have no congenital color vision defect. Gundogan Method has been used in determining their DE. Subsequently, TNO test has been applied to all the students. Data set has been examined using SPSS programme.
Results:
Gundogan Method has established that right eyes of 7 female students (36.8%), left eyes of 12 female students (63.2%), right eyes of 15 male students (45.45%), left eyes of 18 male students (54.55%) are DE. When TNO test results have been examined, it is stated that 2 of 52 students have no binocularity and that these students only use their left eyes to see. It has been seen by using Gundogan Method that DEs of the same students are their left eyes.
Conclusions:
In addition to being the most reliable measure which shows the functional asymmetry of brain, DE is the eye that is used to see, and it has been stated that it is dominant in various visual functions. It is crucial to determine the right eye as the DE. DE which has been determined by Gundogan Method and DE which has been found in the students using one eye to see by TNO test are the same. It is hoped that comprehensive research will throw light on the issue in the future.
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Acta Physiologica 2011; Volume 203, Supplement 686 :PC165