Dr. David G. Kirschen OD, PHD
Optometrist (Pediatric) | Pediatrics
428 S Brea Blvd Brea CA, 92821About
David Kirschen is a pediatric optometrist practicing in Brea, CA. David specializes in providing eye care services to children. As an optometrist, David performs eye evaluations, tests vision, corrects vision by prescribing eye glasses or contacts, detects certain eye disorders and manages and treats vision problems. David is specifically trained to examine and treat visual disorders in children. Pediatric optometrists will typically prescribe children glasses until age 12, and around 12 years of age children can be prescribed contact lenses.
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Comparison of suppression, stereoacuity, and interocular differences in visual acuity in monovision and acuvue bifocal contact lenses.
- The effect of laser refractive surgery on the on-field performance of professional baseball players.
- Electronic submission of abstracts for the annual meeting of the American Academy of Optometry.
- The visual function of olympic-level athletes-an initial report.
- The role of sports vision in eye care today.
- Thoughts on ocular dominance-is it actually a preference?
- Eye & contact lens sports vision special issue.
- The Refractive Error of Professional Baseball Players.
- Fresnel vs. conventional prisms: their effects on the apparent fronto-parallel plane horopter.
- Performance of the dot visual acuity test with uncorrected ametropia resulting in target blur.
- The use of botulinum toxin in the medical management of benign essential blepharospasm.
- Snellen and S-chart acuity.
- The dot visual acuity test--a new acuity test for children.
- Visual acuity at different retinal loci of eccentrically fixating functional amblyopes.
- Auditory feedback in the control of congenital nystagmus.
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