Nature

Children’s visual acuity tests without professional supervision: a prospective repeated measures study

Home visual acuity tests could ease pressure on ophthalmic services by facilitating remote review of patients. Home tests may have further utility in giving service users frequent updates of vision ...
Nature

Real-world evaluation of online visual acuity self-testing and remote consultation: three years of implementation experience in a paediatric ophthalmology service

Our previous validation studies indicated that automated best corrected visual acuity (BCVA) testing using the DigiVis web application is comparable to standard testing. Here, we evaluate real-world ...
Healio

Novel, self-administered near visual acuity screener accurate, reliable vs. standard tests

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The Hadassah Self-Visual Acuity Screener demonstrated high reliability, accuracy and alignment with standard ...
Healio

Mobile apps, with proper validation, can accurately perform visual function tests

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Mobile apps can successfully mimic paper-based visual function tests, results showed. Such apps may expand ...
MobiHealthNews

Study: Smartphone-based eye chart apps not as reliable as standard test

"This study aimed to evaluate the equivalence of a smartphone-based visual acuity chart with a standard 6-m Snellen visual acuity (6SVA) chart." Researchers first reviewed Snellen chart apps that were ...