12-17-2007, 06:53 PM | #1 (permalink) |
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Just how poor is 20/100 vision?
OK, So I've started down the road to becoming a gubbment employee, but one requirement is that my vision be better than 20/100 uncorrected. It's been years since I've been to the optometrist, and will be a couple weeks before I can get to one, so in the meantime, can anyone give me some examples of how bad my vision would be for it to be 20/100?
If it helps, I can just barely read this at arm's length without my glasses.
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12-17-2007, 07:22 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Measure the height of the E in inches. Multiply that dimension by 2.838, then sit that many feet away. (example: if it's 2", sit 5'8" away) If you can read the 20/100 line, that is your vision, so if you want vision that is better than that, hope you can read the third line. (from http://www.eyes-and-vision.com/take-...st-online.html )
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12-17-2007, 07:32 PM | #8 (permalink) | |
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12-17-2007, 07:59 PM | #9 (permalink) | |
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didnt diagnose it. just guessing. I consider myself pretty blind and i can still see in front of me, ( arms length.) but i am a -2.00 and my sister cannot read her speedometer when she doesnt have her glasses and she is about -3.50 or so. |
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12-18-2007, 04:06 AM | #11 (permalink) |
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Im a -8.00 in one eye and a -8.25 in the other, if you take my glasses away from me I cant read anything more than 5 inches away from my eyes
the highest I can find right now in a quick search is that 20/800 is a -6.00 so Im blinder than that, I've been wearing glasses since I was 6 What is the reason that you have to be better than 20/200 without correction to be an employee of the government?
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12-18-2007, 05:04 AM | #12 (permalink) |
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Wow, Shani! I'm a -3.5 and -3.75 and I can't see for shit....my son is, if I recall, -4.25 and -4.5. He has to wear really small-framed glasses to avoid having coke-bottle lenses.
When I wear a current prescription, for some odd reason, my eyesight goes to 20/15, but I don't know what it is without them. If I take my glasses off and look at that eyechart just sitting about two feet away, I can't read the bottom two lines. |
12-18-2007, 05:06 AM | #13 (permalink) |
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lol yeah....my vision sucks....I cant even see that great big E on the computer screen if Im more than 2ish feet away
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12-18-2007, 05:52 AM | #14 (permalink) | |
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And thanks for all the responses everyone.
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12-18-2007, 05:57 AM | #15 (permalink) |
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ahhh I was thinking "government office work" for some reason.....now it makes more sense
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12-18-2007, 05:59 AM | #16 (permalink) |
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I was about 20/100 before I got LASIK in July. I had to wear glasses for everything but reading.
Now I'm 20/15 The only glasses I have to wear are my polarized sunglasses Just go get an eye exam. Go to a Lenscrafters or something because they'll usually give you a free exam if you express intent to possibly purchase contacts or eyeglasses.
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12-18-2007, 06:13 AM | #18 (permalink) |
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Damn RL, I thought I was bad.....question for you....do you hear better with or without your corrective lenses? lol I swear if I dont have my glasses on I have a hard time understanding people talking to me....its like Im deaf if I cant see their lips move (makes it harder that I actually only have 1/4 hearing in one ear)
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12-18-2007, 06:23 AM | #19 (permalink) | |
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On the flip side, I suck at reading lips, so I hate noisy environments like bars.
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12-18-2007, 06:42 AM | #20 (permalink) |
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ahhh..I dont wear contacts so when my glasses are off (like when getting my hair done) I have the hardest time hearing lol
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12-19-2007, 08:14 PM | #23 (permalink) | |
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12-19-2007, 08:46 PM | #24 (permalink) | |
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I have no idea what my vision is in numbers, but I do know I have astigmatism. Woo. I do have my numbers somewhere in a file, though, just in case my glasses shatter (unlikely) or the computer system at Binyons fails.
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12-19-2007, 10:04 PM | #25 (permalink) |
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I've got terrible eyesight. I *wish* I had 20/100 vision Last I time I checked my vision was about 20/200. Seriously. I can't see worth shit without my glasses.
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12-20-2007, 11:54 AM | #27 (permalink) | |
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(goes and researches) Aha, the rule is "anyone with vision worse than 20/200 that cannot be improved with corrective lenses is considered legally blind". So, if your glasses work, you aren't legally blind.
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