Transcription of VISUAL ACUITY MEASUREMENT STANDARD
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CONSILIUM OPHTHALMOLOGICUM UNIVERSALE. International Council of Ophthalmology VISUAL FUNCTIONS COMMITTEE. VISUAL ACUITY MEASUREMENT . STANDARD . Unanimously approved by the VISUAL Functions Committee, Ste. Margherita Ligure, Italy May 25, 1984. Presented to the Consilium Ophthalmologicum Universale, and approved for distribution Kos, Greece, October 5, 1984. Published in the Italian Journal of Ophthalmology II / I 1988, pp 1 / 15. Direct questions and correspondence to: August Colenbrander, MD. Secretary, VISUAL Functions Committee E-mail: 1. VISUAL ACUITY MEASUREMENT STANDARD ICO 1984. TABLE OF CONTENTS. PREFACE, Membership 3. A. PREAMBLE 4. DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPLES 5. B. Purpose of MEASUREMENT 5. C. Certification and Licensing 6. D. Reference Optotype 6. E. Selection of Clinical Optotypes 7. F. Selection of Chart Design 7. G. Selection of Calibration Procedure 7. H. Order of Testing, Non- STANDARD Tests 8. VISUAL ACUITY MEASUREMENT STANDARD . SECTION I.
Visual Acuity measurement Standard – ICO 1984 PREAMBLE A.1.1 One of the most difficult questions encountered, when considering a clinical visual acuity standard, is to define what is being measured. The distinctions made between normal vision, visual impairment, visual disability, and visual handicap, are defined in the Recommendation on
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