Optometry

What does “good vision” mean?

What does “good vision” mean?

Vision is a complex sense with many parameters. To describe someone’s vision as good or normal, having a high resolution (visual acuity) is not enough....

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Checking the visual acuity

Checking the visual acuity

Visual acuity is measured quantitatively by checking the smallest object that the examinee can distinguish at a given distance. For children who know the...

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Checking the optical fields

Checking the optical fields

The measurement of visual acuity regards the central vision, i.e. the ability to distinguish objects which we are looking at. However, the peripheral vision...

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Checking color perception

Checking color perception

In general, disturbances in color perception do not involve girls. Though, over 8-10% of boys have some form of chromatodisfunction, usually regarding...

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