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FDA Clears At-Home Visual Acuity Testing System

Credit: Shutterstock. Individuals can complete the test in approximately 6 minutes, at which point the test results will be made available to an eye care professional. The Food and Drug Administration ...
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FDA clears at-home visual acuity test

The FDA announced that it cleared the Visibly Digital Acuity Product, a web-based, self-guided software application for testing visual acuity at home. The technology, which the FDA cleared Aug. 12, is ...
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Study: Smartphone-based eye chart apps not as reliable as standard test

Researchers used the iPhone 4 for this test. This comparison showed that the Snellen visual acuity app could not predict a patient's standard Snellen visual acuity within one line. Researchers added ...
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Visibly receives FDA clearance for online visual acuity test

Online eyewear and vision care company Visibly announced it had received FDA 510(k) clearance for its at-home vision test. The Visibly Digital Acuity Product uses a touchscreen mobile device, like a ...