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 ...

Results from smartphone-based Snellen charts, which are eye charts used to measure visual acuity, are not consistent with results from standard Snellen visual acuity chart tests, according to a study ...

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 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 ...

Assessment of visual acuity (VA) has been shown to vary between tests, which may be attributable in part to test inaccuracies, such as a change in the distance between the chart and subject. Therefore ...

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 ...