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Vision & Visual Acuity (Smart Optometry)
Vision & Visual Acuity (Smart Optometry)
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Introduction
Principle of VA Chart
● Two distance points are visible separately only when they subtend an angle
of at least 1 min arc at the noodle point of the eye.
● Each letter of VA chart is so designed that it fits in a square, the sides are five
times wider than the constituent line (1min), thus each letter subtend an
angle of 5min at the nodal point of the eye.
Fig-5: Principle of VA
chart.
PATIENT PREPARATION:
● Describe the procedure to patient.
● Request not to squeeze eye.
● Not to press eye harder.
MEASURING VISION:
● Ask to occlude left eye with palm of left hand or
Trial frame with occluder.
● Then ask to read from top of the chart with right
eye.
● If patient able to read all the line and letters, VA
is recorded as 6/6 unaided.
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