Citation

Hill JC, Toffolon G. J. Stud. Alcohol 1990; 51(2): 108-113.

Affiliation

Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1990, Rutgers Center of Alcohol Studies)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

2308347

Abstract

The literature on the effect of alcohol on sensory and sensorimotor visual functions is extensive. The findings are often contradictory and early studies did not correlate the effects with blood alcohol levels. This study was designed to test the effects of alcohol on various visual functions using equipment that is freely available to the clinician. A significant loss of visual field, accommodation and convergence that correlated with increasing blood alcohol levels was found. Visual acuity, color vision and stereoacuity were not significantly altered by alcohol.

Language: en