EyeSpy 20/20 is a 21st-century answer to the 150-year-old wall chart used in vision screenings. The problem with amblyopia, commonly known as lazy eye, isn’t treatment. If caught early enough in ...

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 ...

At least once in your life, you must have squinted at the eye chart at the doctor’s office or DMV, trying to make out the blurry bottom line. The test seems simple enough, right? Read a random string ...

While there are no FDA-cleared Snellen test apps, at least one other vision test application has pursued and secured FDA clearances in recent years. A few months ago, Vital Art and Science, developers ...

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 ...

SEATTLE, Washington — An overwhelming majority of people with age-related macular degeneration would rather test their vision with an iPad app than with traditional methods, a new study shows. "One of ...

British ophthalmologist Andrew Bastawrous moved his family from London to Kenya in 2013 with $150,000 of equipment, a team of 15 people and an ambitious goal: to understand the causes of blindness in ...

British ophthalmologist Andrew Bastawrous moved his family from London to Kenya in 2013 with $150,000 of equipment, a team of 15 people and an ambitious goal: to understand the causes of blindness in ...