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2. Near visual acuity - Wikipedia

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   Near visual acuity or near vision is a measure of how clearly a person can see nearby small objects or letters.Visual acuity in general usually refers clarity of distance vision, and is measured using eye charts like Snellen chart, LogMAR chart etc. Near vision is usually measured and recorded using a printed hand-held card containing different sized paragraphs, words, letters or symbols.

3. Snellen chart - Wikipedia

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   A person taking the test covers one eye from 6 metres or 20 feet away, and reads aloud the letters of each row, beginning at the top. The smallest row that can be read accurately indicates the visual acuity in that specific eye. The symbols on an acuity chart are formally known as "optotypes". Variation of Snellen chart with another letter ...

4. List of optometric abbreviations - Wikipedia

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   Cover test c/u: Check up CW: Close work Δ: Prism dioptre D: Dioptres DC: Dioptres cylinder DNA: Did not attend DOB: Date of birth DS: Dioptres sphere DV: Distance vision DVD: Dissociated vertical deviation EF: Eccentric fixation FB: Foreign body FD: Fixation disparity FF: Foveal fixation FHG: Family history of glaucoma: FMH: Family medical ...

5. Eye chart - Wikipedia

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   An example of the Landolt C eye chart (also known as the Japanese eye chart). Numerous types of eye charts exist and are used in various situations. For example, the Snellen chart is designed for use at 6 meters or 20 feet, and is thus appropriate for testing distance vision, while the ETDRS chart is designed for use at 4 meters. [16]

6. Visual acuity - Wikipedia

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   Herman Snellen, a Dutch ophthalmologist, publishes in Utrecht his book, Probebuchstaben zur Bestimmung der Sehschärfe [Test letters for measuring visual acuity, containing charts for measuring visual acuity. [14] In later editions of his book, Snellen called the letters of his charts optotypes and advocated for standardized vision tests. [15]

7. File:Snellen chart.svg - Wikipedia

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8. Sloan letters - Wikipedia

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   Sloan letters, designed by Louise Sloan in 1959, are a set of optotypes used to test visual acuity generally used in Snellen charts and logMAR charts. This set of optotypes consists of ten specially formed "letters", C , D , H , K , N , O , R , S , V , and Z . [ 1 ]

9. Golovin–Sivtsev table - Wikipedia

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   The Golovin–Sivtsev table (Russian: Таблица Головина-Сивцева, romanized: Tablitsa Golovina-Sivtseva) is a standardized table for testing visual acuity, which was developed in 1923 by Soviet ophthalmologists Sergei Golovin and D. A. Sivtsev. [1]