Guide for Aviation Medical Examiners

Item 54. Heterophoria

Equipment

  1. Red Maddox rod with handle.
  2. Horizontal prism bar with graduated prisms beginning with one prism diopter and increasing in power to at least eight prism diopters.
  3. Acceptable substitutes: any commercially available visual acuities and heterophoria testing devices.

Examination Techniques

Test procedures to be used accompany the instruments. If the Examiner needs specific instructions for use of the horizontal prism bar and red Maddox rod, these may be obtained from a RFS.

Last updated: Thursday, December 12, 2024