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II. The Visual Acuity at Various Levels of Illumination

GUNTER K. von NOORDEN, M.D.; HERMANN M. BURIAN, M.D.

AMA Arch Ophthalmol. 1959;62(3):396-399.

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In the first part of this study¹ we reported on the influence of a neutral-density filter on the visual acuity of patients with normal eyes, with strabismic amblyopia, and with organic retinal damage. The present, second, part deals with the visual acuity at different levels of illumination of three similar groups of patients.

Material and Procedure

Ten eyes with central fixation and strabismic amblyopia, ranging in visual acuity from 5/6 to 5/15 with single optotypes; ten eyes with amblyopia due to pathologic fundus lesions, such as diabetic retinopathy and macular edema, and ten eyes with normal visual acuity were examined.

Prior to the test the patients were kept for 10 minutes in a completely darkened room. Single optotypes (black letter "E" on white ground) were then presented at 5 meters distance. The optotypes were shown to the patients in an evenly illuminated box. The illumination was controlled . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Iowa City

From the Department of Ophthalmology, College of Medicine, State University of Iowa.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication Feb. 9, 1959.

Research supported by Grant B-349 (C5) from the National Institute of Neurologic Diseases and Blindness, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

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