We all need to understand what
a child’s eyesight measurement means. I am frequently asked what the fractions
or figures describing a child’s eyesight actually mean. For example I can say
little Enid is 6/24 or Frank is 6/60 or Mabel is maybe 6/250. But what does all
this really mean?
It is further complicated there
is a new system of measuring eyesight called LogMAR. The standard eye test was
invented by Mr Snellen and consists of increasingly smaller letters on a chart.
The biggest at the top has one letter (this is 6/60 or 20/200), while at the
bottom are eight small letters (6/6 – 20/20). However with the LogMar test your
child can have a visual acuity measurement of zero and that might sound scary
but it means they have perfect vision or an equivalent of 6/6 in Snellen metric
measurement (metres) or 20/20 in feet (USA).
The conversion chart shows that
6/18 is LogMAR 0.48 and Snellen 6/60 is LogMAR 1. But zero vision does not
sound quite the same as 20/20 or 6/6 vision and LogMAR 1 meaning severely
visually impaired really needs to be unpacked. I am sure that LogMAR is more precise
or accurate but I think it is confusing to the layman. And that is perhaps why
many teaching professionals who are vision specialists are slow to convert over
to LogMAR. At least that is my experience. It is still easier to explain that
6/60 (20/200ft) means that the person sees at six metres (20ft) what a person
with ‘standard vision’ can see at 60 metres (200ft) even if technically it all
refers to an angle. Or I might explain it by saying the person can just about
see the top line of the eye chart, which is even easier to follow. Registered blind vision is 3/60 which is in
LogMAR a value of 1.3.
LogMAR /
|
Snellen
|
0
|
6/6
|
0.18
|
6/9
|
0.30
|
6/12
|
0.48
|
6/18
|
0.60
|
6/24
|
0.78
|
6/36
|
1.00
|
6/60
|
6/20 how bad is this for my 6 year old son for eyesight
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ReplyDeletemy son has 6/20 in right eye and 6/38 in left eye. does this mean he is sight impaired? thanks
ReplyDeletewhat do you make of the following. 7yr old son.
ReplyDeleteRight Eye: sph +8.00, cyl 200, axis 180, VA 6/38
Left Eye: sph +7.50, cyl 175, axis 165, VA 6/20
High hyperopia, Binocular Amblyopia and right Esotropia. BCVA very poor.
This is what it states on my sons report from Bsc(Hons) MCOptom that we visited a few days ago.
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+1.25 is equal to? plz tell me as soon as possible
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