Eye Pressure Test vs. Visual Field Test: What’s the Difference?
If you have ever sat in an eye exam chair and been asked to look into a machine, you may have left with more questions than answers. One device puffed air at your eye or touched it lightly, another asked you to press a button when tiny lights flashed. Both felt important. Both were part of a glaucoma eye exam. And both, understandably, sounded similar enough to blur together. They are not the same test. The eye pressure test and the visual field test measure different