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 ...

Credit: Shutterstock. Individuals can complete the test in approximately 6 minutes, at which point the test results will be made available to an eye care professional. The Food and Drug Administration ...

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Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA announced that it cleared the Visibly Digital Acuity Product, a web-based, self-guided software ...

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 ...

Visual acuity --- the ability to see objects in sharp detail --- was evaluated in 1,504 children aged 30 to 71 months as part of the Baltimore Pediatric Eye Disease Study, the first large, ...

Online eyewear and vision care company Visibly announced it had received FDA 510(k) clearance for its at-home vision test. The Visibly Digital Acuity Product uses a touchscreen mobile device, like a ...

New Vision Test Extends Range of Visual Acuity Measurement The Berkeley Rudimentary Vision Test (BRVT), a simplified visual task, is feasible for measuring visual acuity in patients with severe visual ...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Objective Acuity has reached a significant milestone in its development of the world’s first, objective, visual acuity test. It has successfully concluded proof ...

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 ...