Three visual acuity tests taken at home produce results comparable to those achieved with standard tests taken in the office, researchers say. All the tests are free. Two measure near vision, and the ...

Two recent clinical reports of retinal gene therapy with adeno-associated virus (AAV) vectors in patients with Leber’s congenital amaurosis showed initial gains in visual function that subsequently ...

With modern surgical techniques to repair retinal detachments, a greater than 90% primary anatomic success rate can be expected.1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 Despite this high level of anatomic success, visual ...

Objectives (1) To test the consistency and ease with which number-plates of different component figures can be read under DVLA driving test conditions; (2) to test the relative difficulty of reading ...

I was in the operating room the other day and one of my residents asked, "What is better tolerated after cataract surgery: residual hyperopia or residual myopia?" I quickly answered: "residual myopia!

Experiments have been carried out to determine the human eye's visual acuity, using fragments of pictures containing textures of various scales, and displayed on a cathode ray tube. Care has been ...