A visual acuity test is one of the most important parts of an eye exam. Visual acuity is a measure of how well you can see. A visual acuity test helps your eye health provider determine whether or not ...

Objectives To assess the ability of patients with binocular 6/9 or 6/12 vision on the Snellen chart (Snellen acuity) to read a number plate at 20.5 m (the required standard for driving) and to ...

A smartphone-based test for visual acuity is as accurate and repeatable as currently available standard visual acuity tests, according to a new study published online May 28 in JAMA Ophthalmology. The ...

A new study shows potential for eye tests to be conducted easily and affordably using a smartphone app. An app to test eyesight easily and affordably using a smartphone is as accurate as traditional ...

A computer-based method for evaluating the eye's ability to distinguish object details and shape in patients with age-related macular degeneration could provide a more accurate way to assess the ...

A noninterventional study found that chart-based assessments of visual function had adequate repeatability but were limited in discriminating between no age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and ...

A smartphone app was found to be useful and reliable by clinicians when testing vision for children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Assessing vision was found to be easy by families and reliable by ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. That familiar eyesight chart revolutionized vision testing, and we went to ridiculous lengths to test it out That ...

Belmonte Middle School now has its own vision machine for students thanks to the generosity of Pearle Vision. Carmine Mazzarella, an optician and owner of the Saugus Pearle Vision, recently dropped by ...

Impaired vision and blindness are common. About 3.4 million people in the US are blind or visually impaired. Vision is usually measured by visual acuity charts, and normal vision is expressed as 20/20 ...