Hyperphorias

Kelly423 Junior Member

I attended the August 3rd PEPC in Atlanta and during my medical exam everything seemed to go smoothly. I have always had great vision and have never seen a specialist (opthamologist?) During my eye exam at the PEPC it was confirmed that my vision is still 20/20 and there were absolutlely no issues mentioned to me. I just received an email from the medical office stating I need to see an opthamologist and have the 8500-7 form completed there because my "hyperphorias did not meet FAA ATCS standards". I have no idea what this means or why it wasn't mentioned to me at the exam.

Please help. (I have an appointment with an 'opthamologist' scheduled for tomorrow morning).

Thanks for any info.

G_Orsak Aviation Medical Examiner Pearland, TX

It refers to the stero vision of the eyes by the muscles making the visual images align up. Everyone's eyes do not line up and the eye muscle compensate for this, otherwise you get double vision. There is a limit the FAA is will accept, and you may have exceed that limit. They are double checking your vision now.

Kelly423 Junior Member

Thank you for the information dr.

Just one more quick question on the hyperphorias topic. What tool is used to detect and more importantly measure this?

I don't understand how this was detected at my PEPC. I did see an opthamologist yesterday (for the first time ever) and he said that my hyperphoria is so slight that he wouldn't prescribe a Rx for it. When he filled out the 8500-7 he said that I should have no restrictions. I hope this will suffice for my clearance.

Thanks again for your time and knowledge!

G_Orsak Aviation Medical Examiner Pearland, TX

They use prisms to trick the brain into processing two images. In my office the vision scanner uses musical notes on a scale. One eye sees the scale and the other eye sees the note. Where the note lines up on the scale tells the examiner how bad the phoria is.
Almost everyone has a phoria.