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'''''20/20 correction''''' ('''''full correction''''' rounded to weaker 0.25 D step) is a correction you normally get from a licensed optician, which corrects your eyesight up to a degree of [[visual acuity]] that an [[emmetropic]] (or | '''''20/20 correction''''' ('''''full correction''''' rounded to weaker 0.25 D step) is a [[correction]] you normally get from a licensed optician, which corrects your eyesight up to a degree of [[visual acuity]] that an [[emmetropic]] (or ‘normal-seeing’) person achieves on a [[Snellen Chart]], putting your [[blur horizon]] within 0.25 D of the chart. | ||
If you can see 20/15 or even better, this might mean that you are [[overcorrected]] ('''''full correction''''' rounded towards stronger 0.25 D step). (It is not necessarily considered super-human acuity, but it is unnecessary to correct to this level. Also, 20/15 isn't always a good measurement, as some people can sometimes see 20/20 with blur horizon 0.5 D away or even 20/10 with overcorrection on a bright Snellen) | If you can see 20/15 or even better, this might mean that you are [[overcorrected]] ('''''full correction''''' rounded towards stronger 0.25 D step). (It is not necessarily considered super-human acuity, but it is unnecessary to correct to this level. Also, 20/15 isn't always a good measurement, as some people can sometimes see 20/20 with blur horizon 0.5 D away or even 20/10 with overcorrection on a bright Snellen) | ||
Latest revision as of 19:04, 11 August 2023
20/20 correction (full correction rounded to weaker 0.25 D step) is a correction you normally get from a licensed optician, which corrects your eyesight up to a degree of visual acuity that an emmetropic (or ‘normal-seeing’) person achieves on a Snellen Chart, putting your blur horizon within 0.25 D of the chart.
If you can see 20/15 or even better, this might mean that you are overcorrected (full correction rounded towards stronger 0.25 D step). (It is not necessarily considered super-human acuity, but it is unnecessary to correct to this level. Also, 20/15 isn't always a good measurement, as some people can sometimes see 20/20 with blur horizon 0.5 D away or even 20/10 with overcorrection on a bright Snellen)
It is very difficult or impossible to perform Active Focus at this level of correction, as there is not enough of a blur horizon to produce stimulus - see Distance vision, unless there is some sort of cylinder reduction or transient astigmatism involved.
A good normalized might be a further 0.25 D reduction from 20/20 correction, resulting in a 0.25 to 0.5 D undercorrection, or even a 0.5 D reduction, resulting in 0.5 D to 0.75 D of undercorrection.