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Clinical Services

NSUOCO's premier clinical education provides extensive hands-on experience in patient care. The partnership with the Cherokee Nation provides state-of-the-art eye care to this under-served population. In preparing students to meet the vision care needs of the future, NSUOCO is recognized for utilizing the highest levels of new technology, including laser procedures. Annually, students, residents, and faculty experience more than 40,000 patient encounters.

Clinical Services

NSUOCO's premier clinical education provides extensive hands-on experience in patient care. The partnership with the Cherokee Nation provides state-of-the-art eye care to this under-served population. In preparing students to meet the vision care needs of the future, NSUOCO is recognized for utilizing the highest levels of new technology, including laser procedures. Annually, students, residents, and faculty experience more than 40,000 patient encounters.

Clinical Services

NSUOCO's premier clinical education provides extensive hands-on experience in patient care. The partnership with the Cherokee Nation provides state-of-the-art eye care to this under-served population. In preparing students to meet the vision care needs of the future, NSUOCO is recognized for utilizing the highest levels of new technology, including laser procedures. Annually, students, residents, and faculty experience more than 40,000 patient encounters.

Oklahoma College of Optometry/Clinics/Electrodiagnostics Clinic

Electrodiagnostics Clinic

The electrodiagnostics clinic uses sensitive electrodes in or around the eye to measure the electrical output of the visual system. The purpose of these specialized tests is to provide an objective, functional assessment of the health of different parts of the visual system including the retina, optic nerve, and visual pathways in the brain. Patients seen in the electrodiagnostics clinic are referred in from our other clinic sites or from outside clinics in Oklahoma as well as surrounding states. Our students are trained to perform and interpret the following tests:

  • Electroretinogram (ERG) - Tests the average photoreceptor function across the full retina
  • Pattern Electroretinogram (pERG) – Tests the retinal ganglion cells
  • Multifocal Electroretinogram (mfERG) – Tests focal photoreceptor function in the central retina
  • Visually Evoked Potential (VEP) – Tests the transmission of a visual signal from the retina to the visual center of the brain
  • Electro-oculogram (EOG) – Tests the function of the retinal pigment epithelium

Electrodiagnostics Clinic Slideshow

 
The Electrodiagnostics Clinics are at the NSU Oklahoma College of Optometry clinic in Tahlequah and The Lesley L. Walls Vision Center in Broken Arrow with fourth year clinicians.
Map of NE Oklahoma
Electrodiagnostics Clinical assignment chart

Meet the Clinic Chief:

Whittle, Dr. Neal
Neal Whittle, O.D.
Associate Professor
whittle@nsuok.edu
918-444-4151
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