World War Two eye test trickster pilot who memorised eye exam chart dies aged 94 Wallace Norman Adam knew his poor vision would stop him joining the RAF so cheated the eye test and went on to ...

EYE test inventor Ferdinand Monoyer has been celebrated by Google with a winking Doodle. The French ophthalmologist is renowned for his groundbreaking research on eye sight which led to him develop… ...

As you read down the chart, the number gets smaller in line with the smaller letters. A person with standard vision can read towards the bottom of the chart and would be considered as 6/6 vision.

The basic concept remains the same regardless of platform: You take a read-the-eye-chart test at home, and an eye doctor reviews your results to determine if your current prescription is still OK.

The good news is that you might not have to pay anything for an eye test. A number of people are eligible for a free NHS funded eye test – including those over 60 and those who are partially sighted ...

"So something as simple as a vision test can be part of that journey." The phone is relatively cheap, costing around £300 rather than using bulky eye examination equipment costing in excess of £ ...

This eye test chart was first invented by Ferdinand Monoyer, a French opthalmologist, or eye doctor, who would have been 181 years old today.

Who invented the eye test? Google Doodle honours Ferdinand Monoyer Imogen Groome Published May 9, 2017 8:53am Updated December 12, 2019 10:56am Comments ...

Unlike the Sloan typeface commonly used to test patients' sight, Optician Sans has a full set of 26 letters of the alphabet, as well as numbers and special characters. The design of the lettering ...