Dr Sonia Toor
FHEA, PhD, MSc, BMedSci
Ophthalmology and Orthoptics, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
Lecturer in Orthoptics
+44 114 215 9064
Full contact details
Ophthalmology and Orthoptics, School of Allied Health Professions, Nursing and Midwifery
E100f
The Medical School
Beech Hill Road
Sheffield
S10 2RX
- Profile
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I graduated from the University of Sheffield with a BMedSci (Orthoptics) in 2008 and went on to complete my MSc in Investigative Ophthalmology and Vision Science at the University of Manchester alongside working at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital. Following this I spent 4 years at the University of Reading working as a research assistant and completing a PhD with Dr Anna Horwood and Professor Patricia Riddell. I then worked as an orthoptist and a research orthoptist at Moorfields Eye Hospital before re-joining the University of Sheffield as a Lecturer in Orthoptics in 2014.
- Research interests
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My PhD set out to investigate the existence of asymmetrical accommodation in anisometropia. My other research interests include:
- Changes in accommodation and convergence across the lifespan
- Convergence and accommodation orthoptic exercises
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Are Horizontal Fusional Vergences Comparable When Measured Using a Prism Bar and Synoptophore?. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 20(1), 85-93.
- How much superior rectus underaction is considered normal?. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 17(1), 20-26. View this article in WRRO
- The impact of asymmetrical accommodation on anisometropic amblyopia treatment outcomes. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 23(4), 203e.1-203e.5. View this article in WRRO
- The Impact of Diplopia on Reading. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 15(1), 8-14. View this article in WRRO
- Asymmetrical accommodation in hyperopic anisometropic amblyopia. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 102, 772-778. View this article in WRRO
- Asymmetrical accommodation in anisometropic amblyopia. Advances in Strabismus.
- Clinical test responses to different orthoptic exercise regimes in typical young adults. Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics, 34(2), 250-262.
- Screening for convergence insufficiency using the CISS is not indicated in young adults. British Journal of Ophthalmology, 98(5), 679-683.
- Change in convergence and accommodation after two weeks of eye exercises in typical young adults. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 18(2), 162-168.
- The effect of effort and exercise on convergence and accommodation. Journal of American Association for Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus, 17(1), e5-e5.
- Blink Frequency and Duration during Perimetry and Their Relationship to Test–Retest Threshold Variability. Investigative Opthalmology & Visual Science, 52(7), 4546-4546.
- Anisometropic amblyopia: factors influencing the success or failure of its treatment. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 9(0), 9-9.
Conference proceedings papers
- Who’s driving? Convergence and accommodation – fixed ratios, flexible linkages or separate systems. Advances in Strabismus
- Convergence and accommodation development relate to corrected age in premature infants. Advances in Strabismus
- Convergence accommodation trumps accommodative convergence. 35th European Strabismological Association Conference
Theses / Dissertations
- Accommodation in anisometropia.
- Are Horizontal Fusional Vergences Comparable When Measured Using a Prism Bar and Synoptophore?. British and Irish Orthoptic Journal, 20(1), 85-93.
- Teaching interests
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- Involved in the teaching of a range of topics to undergraduate orthoptics students but my main interests are in accommodation and convergence
- Supervision of undergraduate research projects
- Clinical placement co-ordinator
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Member of the British and Irish Orthoptic Society
- Registered with the Health Professions Council
- Honorary clinical contract with Royal Hallamshire Teaching Hospitals Foundation
- Presentations at national and international conferences
- Recognised as Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) via University of Sheffield Certificate in Learning and Teaching (2017)