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2. Eye chart - Wikipedia

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   Landolt C. Lea test. logMAR chart. An eye chart is a chart used to measure visual acuity comprising lines of optotypes in ranges of sizes. Optotypes are the letters or symbols shown on an eye chart. [ 1] Eye charts are often used by health care professionals, such as optometrists, physicians and nurses, to screen persons for vision impairment.

3. Snellen chart - Wikipedia

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   Snellen chart. Purpose. Snellen chart is used to estimate visual acuity (last three rows are 20/15, 20/13 and 20/10) A Snellen chart is an eye chart that can be used to measure visual acuity. Snellen charts are named after the Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen who developed the chart in 1862 as a measurement tool for the acuity formula ...

4. Corrective lens - Wikipedia

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   Corrective lens. A corrective lens is a transmissive optical device that is worn on the eye to improve visual perception. The most common use is to treat refractive errors: myopia, hypermetropia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. Glasses or "spectacles" are worn on the face a short distance in front of the eye.

5. These Stylish, Doctor-Approved Reading Glasses Can Help ... - AOL

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   When reading glasses are made to your unique prescription and measured for your eyes, the quality of vision is far superior compared to OTC reading glasses, adds Caroline Cho, O.D., optometrist at ...

6. Stereoscopic acuity - Wikipedia

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   A good procedure is a chart, analogous to the familiar Snellen visual acuity chart, in which one letter in each row differs in depth (front or behind) sequentially increasing in difficulty. For children the fly test is ideal: the image of a fly is transilluminated by polarized light; wearing polarizing glasses the wing appears at a different ...

7. Optical illusion can tell if you need glasses - AOL

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   Cover one eye; read the letters aloud. Cover the other eye; read the letters aloud. Ah, the standard eye exam. A few lines of text and the doctor can tell you whether you have poor vision. But let ...