How is your vision?
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i was 20/20 until about 12 years ago i was striping some wire at work and slipped and stuck the wirecutters in my right eye(there is a reason you should wear safety glasses) know my right eye is like 70/20
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Ive had to wear glasses all my life basically. I used to be cross-eyed but I had surgery done 2 years ago to correct that. I have like 20/40 in my left and 20/25 in my right eye and that with my glasses ON.
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I've had glasses since Jr high school for reading, and eventually full time after high school. I see more or less clearly.. perhaps a little fuzziness, but without my glasses I see only in 2 dimension (something about the way my eyes were formed at birth). I am also very sensitive to light.
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Well, I'll be 40 in a couple months, haven't needed glasses, yet. I had a splinter of metal removed two years ago and on my last follow up visit both eyes were 20/15.
My sister, who is 10 years older, said her eyes were fine until she hit 40, now she needs them for reading.
Ah, the joys of aging (but I guess it beats the alternative).
Does anyone know what those numbers (20/20, 20/100) stand for?
I've heard different explainations over the years, but never from a doctor and none made sense.
My sister, who is 10 years older, said her eyes were fine until she hit 40, now she needs them for reading.
Ah, the joys of aging (but I guess it beats the alternative).
Does anyone know what those numbers (20/20, 20/100) stand for?
I've heard different explainations over the years, but never from a doctor and none made sense.
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From: Claremore
20/18 Vision in dec.
Explination on the numbers- I too was curious about this, so I asked the last time I went in. Okay, the 20 is simply the distance that the chart is from you (20 ft., 15 ft. etc). The second number is actually what one should be concerned with. The lower the number the better. Therefore, 20/15 is better than 20/20 and 20/40 (very bad vision). I want to say that the second number is the font size on the chart, so the smaller the number, the smaller the font size, just like on a computer.
Stan
Explination on the numbers- I too was curious about this, so I asked the last time I went in. Okay, the 20 is simply the distance that the chart is from you (20 ft., 15 ft. etc). The second number is actually what one should be concerned with. The lower the number the better. Therefore, 20/15 is better than 20/20 and 20/40 (very bad vision). I want to say that the second number is the font size on the chart, so the smaller the number, the smaller the font size, just like on a computer.
Stan
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I have worn glasses or contacts since the third grade. Or, at least until I had Lasik surgery about three years ago. Now my vision is 20/20 in both eyes and I couldn't be happier. I do use reading glasses, but that's a function of age.
The second number represents where a person with 'normal' vision would have to stand to see as good as you do at 20 feet. So if you are 20/15, you see as good from 20 feet what a normal (perfect vision) person would see at 15 feet.
The second number represents where a person with 'normal' vision would have to stand to see as good as you do at 20 feet. So if you are 20/15, you see as good from 20 feet what a normal (perfect vision) person would see at 15 feet.
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From: Jacksonville, Florida
I've been wearing glasses since I was in the 4th grade. I don't know what my number vision is but it is nowhere even close to 20/20. It is like in the hundreds range. If I take off my glasses, I can only see things clearly for about 2-3 feet. And even then I really can't see that well. I can take them off and look at the computer screen at less than 2 feet and I cannot read a single word on the screen. I can see the objects and words, but I can't tell what they say or anything.
I tried to get contacts a few years ago, but my eyes were so sensitive, I could not even get the contacts on because they would start watering so badly.
I can't see and I can't hardly hear since I have a bad hearing in my left ear.
I tried to get contacts a few years ago, but my eyes were so sensitive, I could not even get the contacts on because they would start watering so badly.
I can't see and I can't hardly hear since I have a bad hearing in my left ear.