[Functional results of spectral correction of vision].

PURPOSE

To study the data of monocular and binocular multifocal electroretinogram (mfERG), flash visual evoked potential (f-VEP), spatial contrast sensitivity (SCS) with and without yellow filters in healthy elderly people.

MATERIAL AND METHODS

The study included 16 people (8 male and 8 female) with average age of 51.63±4.7 years. Their visual acuity was 0.5±0.35 without correction and 1.0 with correction. For spectral correction, we used Y1 color filters (CF) (analogue of SN60AT) from the «Lornet-M vision spectral correction kit» set with 80% light transmission and wave cut-off of 460 nm. Patients had mfERG recordings performed monocularly and binocularly, f-VEP monocularly, and their spatial contrast sensitivity (SCS) was measured (Astroinform SPE, Russia). The data acquired before and after applying CF was compared.

RESULTS

The data of SCS with light filter was slightly higher at medium and high spatial frequencies (SF): for the right eye on medium SF of 43.8 and 41.8 dB (≤0.735), 41.5 and 39.8 dB (≤0.061) for the left eye. The increase of mfERG P1 latency monocularly after application of CF in the R1 ring area was 3.0 ms (40.8-43.8ms) for the right eye (≤0.05) and 0.9 ms for the left eye (43.7-44.5ms) (≤0.326). The trend remained for simultaneous mfERG.

CONCLUSION

The influence of yellow filters on spectral vision correction can be manifested in inconsistency of SCS, f-VEP, monocular and binocular mfERG readings. Statistically significant differences in healthy individuals of 5th-6th age decades manifest as elongation of the latency of mfERG peaks.