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  2. Visual impairment - Wikipedia

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    Legally blind indicates that a person has less than 20/200 vision in the better eye after best correction (contact lenses or glasses), or a field of vision of less than 20 degrees in the better eye. Totally blind students learn via braille or other non-visual media.

  3. Snellen chart - Wikipedia

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    The largest letter on an eye chart often represents an acuity of 6/60 (20/200), the value that is considered "legally blind" in the US. Many individuals with high myopia cannot read the large E without glasses, but can read the 6/6 (20/20) line or 6/4.5 (20/15) line with glasses. By contrast, legally blind individuals have a visual acuity of 6/ ...

  4. A new surgery can give legally blind people 20/20 vision - AOL

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    Within a few months, almost all patients went from having an average of 20/1290 vision to 20/20 vision! Even more amazing, the amount of time between the trauma and the treatment didn't seem to ...

  5. Jake Gyllenhaal Discusses Being Legally Blind and Why It's ...

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    "I like to think it's advantageous," he told the outlet of having a 20/1250 prescription. "I've never known anything else. When I can't see in the morning, before I put on my glas

  6. Visual acuity - Wikipedia

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    A reference value above which visual acuity is considered normal is called 6/6 vision, the USC equivalent of which is 20/20 vision: At 6 metres or 20 feet, a human eye with that performance is able to separate contours that are approximately 1.75 mm apart. [9] Vision of 6/12 corresponds to lower performance, while vision of 6/3 to better ...

  7. Jake Gyllenhaal reveals how being legally blind has improved ...

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  8. Marla Runyan - Wikipedia

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    Marla Lee Runyan (married name Lonergan; [1] born January 4, 1969) is an American track and field athlete, road runner and marathon runner who is legally blind. She is a three-time national champion in the women's 5000 metres. She is also an athlete that competed in both the Paralympics and the Olympics, both reaching the finals.

  9. ‘It was pure panic’: Disabled Florida woman who ... - AOL

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    Lauren Eakin suffered “pure panic” when her Medicaid coverage lapsed in June. The 34-year-old Floridian is legally blind and confined to a wheelchair with cerebral palsy — but she’s ...