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MANAGING PATIENT REQUIREMENTS DURING VISUAL ACUITY USING TOOLS FOR TESTING DISTANCE AND NEAR VISUAL ACUITY HAND HELD CARD SNELLENS CHARTDISTANCE CORRECTION AND OCCLUSION
Factors governing Normal vision (6/6)
Both eyes in alignment (extraocular muscles
functioning)Clear corneaClear lens of the eyeClear ocular media (aqueous and vitreous)Intact retina, optic nerve, visual pathway
What is Visual acuity?
The resolving power of the eye used to assess and quantify the eye’s ability to resolve varying letter sizes.
Visual acuity is a measurement of central vision only.
Assessment of total visual system from cornea to occipital cortex.
Visual acuity can be tested for both distance and near vision.
Distance visual acuity is the most common test.
Why need a visual acuity test?
• Diagnostic toolBaseline dataMeasures progression of diseaseEvaluates treatmentTo measure the patient’s progress visual
acuity must be assessed at every presentation.
Patient Requirements
Patient’s co-operationPatient’s comprehension of what is
requiredAbility to recognise images used on the
various charts (letters, numbers or pictures)
Distance correction (glasses or contact lenses)
Standard Test Distances
Distance visual acuity (DVA) 20ft or 6M is equivalent to optical infinity
Near visual acuity (NVA) 40cm
Types of Distance Visual Acuity Charts
Wall charts Testing VA in literate adults Printed on cardboard and mounted on a wall Well-suited for vision screenings and doctors’ offices Variations: Tumbling E chart, Landolt C chart, Bailey-
Lovie chart
Examples of visual acuity charts. (A) Snellen chart. (B) Landolt C chart. (C) Illiterate E chart.
Tumbling E Chart
Bailey-Lovie Chart
Hand-held visual acuity cards
Primarily for children in vision screeningsSimplest form is the letter E in different sizes printed onto hand-held cards
Free space testing
Visual acuity by Hand held card
Near Visual Acuity
Testing the VA at close range (usually 40cm)
The purpose is to detect people with near vision difficulties (e.g., uncorrected high hyperopia, accommodative dysfunction)
In patients over 40 years old, the reduced near visual acuity is one of the symptoms of presbyopia
Near Vision Charts
Types Reduced Snellen Acuity card
Test distance at 16in (or 40cm) Jaeger Acuity Card Point system M notation
Bailey-Lovie Reading Card
Lea Symbols
The visual acuity categorized (10th Revision of the WHO International Statistical Classification of Diseases). 1 Good vision = 6/6 to 6/18. 2 Low vision = 6/24 to 3/60 (CF3m). 3 Blind = 3/60 (CF3m) to PL (perception of light). 4 Blind to light - NPL (no perception of light).
Legal blindness is defined as visual acuity (vision) of 20/200 (6/60) or less in the better eye with best correction possible.
In many areas, people with average acuity who nonetheless have a visual field of less than 10 degrees (the normal being 180 degrees) are also classified as being legally blind.