The chart priced at $2,200 has a metal lamp visor and a linen scroll with letters of different sizes. There doesn’t seem to be any type of antique that isn’t sold at auctions, flea markets or shops.

And now a page from our "Sunday Morning" Almanac, January 18th, 1908, 107 years ago today . . . the day the Dutch ophthalmologist Herman Snellen died at the age of 73. You may not recognize his name, ...

The old-fashioned eye test wallchart is slowly being replaced by something that users say is more effective and way more fun; a video game. Gamification, which once wowed the mighty global brain-trust ...

A new study shows potential for eye tests to be conducted easily and affordably using a smartphone app. An app to test eyesight easily and affordably using a smartphone is as accurate as traditional ...

This week’s question was asked by: a close relative. QUESTION:Why is there that big E on the top of eye charts? ANSWER: We can credit Dr. Hermann Snellen, a Dutch ophthalmologist at the Netherlands ...

Dr Louise Allen created the testing system during the Covid pandemic A way for eye patients to assess their own sight has been introduced at a hospital after a test was developed during the Covid ...

Study participants could read an extra two, three or more lines on an eye chart after using specially formulated drops You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an ...