1. I am going to see the Optician

2. York Hospital Entrance

3. The Foyer
You need to keep going through the foyer to get to the eye clinic

4. Entrance to the eye clinic

5. Reception
The receptionist will take my details and give me a card with a letter on

6. The card has a letter on it and is coloured

7. I will follow the signs to get to the right waiting area
Some of the wall are the same colour as the card.

8. I will give the card to the nurse when I get there

9. The waiting room
I can sit here

10. Clock
I may have to wait a few minutes

11. The waiting room
I can sit here

12. The Optician will ask me to come into the room

13. The questions
The Optician will ask me some questions and look at my glasses

14. A letter chart
I will read the letters or match them on a card, if I can not see all the letters it is OK

15. An eye cover
One of my eyes will be covered during the test so we can check the vision in each eye separately

16. Waiting room
I will need to sit and wait again

17. Clock
I may have to wait a few minutes

18. The Nurse
Will put some drops in my eyes

19. The waiting room
I will be asked to wait while the drops work

20. The Optician will ask me to come into the room again

21. The light
The Optician will shine a light towards my eyes

22. Lenses
I will look through some lenses The Optician will hold the lens very close to my eye

23. Eye testing glasses
The Optician will ask me to wear special glasses for the test

24. The Optician will shine the light again to test my eyes

25. The Optician will shine another
bright light into my eye
This is to look at the back of my eye

26. Slit Lamp
I will need to put my chin on the rest and keep my head still

27. The Optician will use a special lens
The lens will come close to my eye

28. I must keep your eye open

29. This is what the Optician sees
This is the nerve going to someone’s eye

30. At the end
When the Optician has looked at my eyes they will explain what they think is happening. They might give me a prescription or just talk to me and whoever is with me