20/20 vision.. is not perfect vision?

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  • čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
  • Today we talk about how good 20/20 vision is.
    The first number indicates the testing distance (20 feet) and the second number is the distance at which the smallest line of letters read on a vision chart subtends 5 minutes of arc.

Komentáře • 92

  • @UnashamedlyHentai
    @UnashamedlyHentai Před rokem +15

    as a person that has had glasses since 10 years old (now almost 40), i find interpreting the numbers as relative distances easiest. without correction, i have ~20/400 vision. i think of this as "what a person with normal vision can read at 400 ft, i must be 20 ft away to read with the same acuity." feet (or meters) has a meaning to me that i already understand and can conceptualize. treating the second number as a text size takes that meaning away, and it becomes arbitrary. that's me, anyway.

  • @iloveyellow7214
    @iloveyellow7214 Před rokem +7

    Ive had astigmatism since I was 17 and my first optometrist told me that in 10 years that by wearing my glasses my vision would be alright and will be back to normal.
    As if I didnt have astigmatism EVER
    Haha Im 32 now. Its still the same.
    Please discuss this. If its true or not.... Thank you
    Im so glad your chanell exists
    Props to you in informing us all more about our eyes
    Its fascinating

  • @Brenilla
    @Brenilla Před rokem +17

    One time in an anatomy class we did an activity determining vision. No one in my group wore glasses, I have ones I wear when I need em. They were verry suprised at “how I couldn’t read that from that far” XD it was pretty funny, I guess none of them really thought about how people with glasses can have such worse vision. Mine isn’t even that bad XD

    • @These2EyesDontLie
      @These2EyesDontLie Před rokem

      I have perfect eyesight😍👁👁& no glasses😳, obviously. And sometimes people wearing glasses ask me to read things for them. And I'm the one with the naked eyes!🤩☺👀

  • @naomipalmer7565
    @naomipalmer7565 Před rokem +2

    I’m from the Uk and we have advertisements about laser eye surgery that say you can achieve ‘20/20 vision or better’. I’ve never heard of 6/6

  • @DivineDefect
    @DivineDefect Před rokem +2

    Hey Antonio, I would love to see a video showcasing how diplopia may look, so that my friends can better understand what i'm trying to explain.

  • @jamil1177
    @jamil1177 Před rokem +1

    Thank you Sir for your comprehensive information, for accuracy a small correction, as an architect per my calculation the height of 5 minutes arc at the distance of 20 feet is
    8.866 mm ~ 8.9mm 🙏

  • @johanneshalberstadt3663
    @johanneshalberstadt3663 Před rokem +2

    I think in Germany we give the number as percentage. So 100% vision, 200% vision, 50% vision and so on.

  • @SapphirasMama
    @SapphirasMama Před rokem +2

    I can read long and short distances but I get headaches with short distances. The glasses get rid of the headaches most of the time. My vision is not really blurry when reading. I am also on the spectrum, so sometimes what I am reading doesn't click with my brain or I read something wrong.
    I am in Australia in NSW

  • @luuorallemn9921
    @luuorallemn9921 Před rokem +3

    That was a great explanation! Thank you! :)

  • @420BassIt
    @420BassIt Před rokem

    Under rated channel! Support from NZ! Love the content

  • @Ph1llteredName
    @Ph1llteredName Před rokem +6

    Hey, i saw your videos about Myopia and Astigmatism and i think they are very helpful to people that are curious on how people with those problems see the world, but i'm wondering if you could do a video talking about how people that have both these problems see, because i had to do a surgery on both my eyes when i was just 1 year old, if i didn't do the surgery i would probably be blind, and the surgery removed my Crystalline (i hope that is the name of the thing), making me have something like 18+ on both Myopia and Astigmatism, nowadays it has lowered to 14-ish on both but without my glasses i can only recognize things that are close and big but can't see too much in detail.

  • @twigsbones
    @twigsbones Před rokem

    as a german optometrist the term "20/20 vision" continued to elude me to this day. thank you for explaining :D

  • @otiebrown9999
    @otiebrown9999 Před rokem +2

    20/20 is not perfect.
    But it is pretty damn good!

  • @bluesash10
    @bluesash10 Před rokem

    SO good! Always wondered. You are a great teacher. Thank you!

  • @Jakepf
    @Jakepf Před rokem +7

    My doctor told me that my right eye was 20/13 and my left was 20/15. I was so confused lol. But it's been about 2-3 years so I'm scared to get tested again and find out it's not as good

    • @badrikokaia4603
      @badrikokaia4603 Před rokem +2

      my right eye was 20/30 and left eye was 20/225 and after 3 surgery my right eye vision is 20/25 and left one 20/630 it got three times worser vision but i had keratokonus so finally glasses will be able to correct my vision.

    • @christineribone9351
      @christineribone9351 Před rokem

      @jakepf;
      You should have been a jet pilot!!
      I cant imagine seeing that clearly.
      It's very rare.

    • @Jakepf
      @Jakepf Před rokem

      @@christineribone9351 I'm still young enough I could probably go for it haha.

    • @blowc1612
      @blowc1612 Před rokem +1

      I tested a 20/10

  • @mariamilewska7779
    @mariamilewska7779 Před rokem

    Super interesting You are the smartest doctor Thanks for your information that help me a lot

  • @badrikokaia4603
    @badrikokaia4603 Před rokem +1

    im legally blind in left eye i have 20/630 vision😢 but i have 20/25 vision in right eye.😅 so i might not considered as legally blind.

  • @spiderdoom
    @spiderdoom Před rokem

    I'm fortunate enough to have 20/7 VA. Exceeding 20/10, has less to do with the optics and more to do with the amount of cone receptors in the retina. For a reference to what this looks like...I am able to see the tiny reflective diamond patterns on road signs when I drive.

  • @carinaruijsch
    @carinaruijsch Před rokem +4

    Love to see some videos about strabismus. Its so complex with dubbel vision and strange eye movements.

  • @ljjl4529
    @ljjl4529 Před rokem +1

    Here in the Philippines we use "20/20 vision"

  • @rodrigogonzalochipana5221
    @rodrigogonzalochipana5221 Před 11 měsíci

    thank you.

  • @ppijp9343
    @ppijp9343 Před rokem +1

    Thanks Antonio, can you do a video on LIRIC (Laser Induced Refractive Index Change)? It's a new refractive surgery method still in development (the big drawcard being its non-ablative nature), but it would be good to hear your preliminary thoughts on it.

  • @darkgoddesstantra9999

    20/13...20/5 in one eye and 20/10 in the other eye.❤

  • @yahya_hakim1914
    @yahya_hakim1914 Před 11 měsíci

    thank you

  • @santiagoblandon3022
    @santiagoblandon3022 Před rokem +1

    Who uses LogMAR? why is it used?

  • @useruser9504
    @useruser9504 Před rokem +5

    Hi Antonio, I'm really grateful for your videos and I've learned so much from you!
    I am thinking about surgical vision correction with ICL. Could you please refer to this?
    I wonder how often side effects occur and whether they disappear over time.
    I know this method is reversible, but does that mean the side effects are reversible too?
    Finally, what is your personal opinion, would you opt for such surgery?
    I will be really happy to hear your minds as an optometrist, great thanks!

    • @DoubsGaming
      @DoubsGaming Před rokem

      Although this would be super nice to know he is probably never going to answer this. It open's him up to lawsuits if for some reason his recommendation would be wrong. I am pretty sure this is the same reason there is no free lawyers or that someone like legal eagle doesn't give out advice.

  • @masonmcgowan2825
    @masonmcgowan2825 Před rokem

    I would greatly appreciate a video on visual snow!! Pls lol

  • @melvayaredaguilar
    @melvayaredaguilar Před rokem

    honestly all those numbers on the far right didn’t really make sense to me that claim to determine our vision status

  • @christinepagayon-sr1zc

    Hello Antonio can you show us how to cut and make eyeglasses.?

  • @fightocondria
    @fightocondria Před rokem +2

    Most of your vision is concentrated in the center of your vision though. I've heard that it's like 7MP in the center, and 1MP for everything else. Question, do we ever correct for higher order distortions than cylindrical? I know we correct for spherical aberration, and for cylindrical (astigmatism) -- But I wonder if we correct for other distortions, and how.
    Is it possible to have diffraction limited vision? What would this vision be?
    Is it possible to get a point spread plot of our vision?

  • @NicolSD
    @NicolSD Před rokem

    Without glasses, the list of letters on the screen in invisible. I see a few grey lines.

  • @HansMikaelNilsson
    @HansMikaelNilsson Před rokem +1

    Hi Antonio. I like your videos they are informatively. I wonder if you could explain in a video if you can and want to, ( i have dubble vision in one eye and i see fine if i put a finger in half the viewing field horizontally ) and another thing (my overall vision is blurry and pendulate from one day to day after, and i see fine again. I think its my tearfluid thats are the main problem, I am going to the lokal optician to se about that.) Have a nice life.

  • @ellynecrow4601
    @ellynecrow4601 Před rokem +3

    My last vision test and prescription didn't use 20/20 (in the US), but my prescription says things like DIST R SPH -1.75 CYL -1.25 AXIS 105. Could you please do a video that explains these terms? I know I'm exceptionally nearsighted so much that I cannot drive even corrected but I'd love to know the details. Thanks!!

    • @AntonioTheOptom
      @AntonioTheOptom  Před rokem +5

      That would be your glasses prescription, I have a video on my channel explaining this exact topic! ❤️

  • @Teomaniac
    @Teomaniac Před rokem

    I used to have 20/15 vision as a kid

  • @OHMA-Zio2019
    @OHMA-Zio2019 Před rokem +1

    I have a question cause I’ve been having a not so great year but for about two months I read on my phone in bad lighting and my nearsightedness has returned the last time I wore glasses was when I was 6 for a couple months but afterwards my vision went back to normal 20/20 but I just turned 20 last month and I was wondering is it possible for my vision to go back to normal if I better my diet and take herbs also my prescription is -1.50

  • @artizard
    @artizard Před rokem +1

    Would getting a presciption to make your vision more like 20/10 when you have 20/20 vision be bad? Of course it would be unecessary but would that work?

  • @wojciechszmyt3360
    @wojciechszmyt3360 Před rokem +4

    Hello! Unrelated topic, about something I experienced. I was deep in VR for almost entire days a few days in a row. I know it's not recommended, but I didn't feel anything was wrong. Until I stopped my VR spree and I found out that it is harder for me to accommodate at objects at different distances in real life. The effect went away after 2 days or so. I felt like I need to make conscious effort to do the accomodation. I think it is because of the fact that accomodation in VR is not present at all, the entirety of the 3D effect is from stereoscopic effect and accomodation is basically off. It's just my hypothesis though. Do you know if this subject has been studied? If not, maybe given the rise of VR, it would be worth it to study it?

    • @kayragurses9348
      @kayragurses9348 Před rokem

      Out of curiosity, which VR headset were you using?

    • @wojciechszmyt3360
      @wojciechszmyt3360 Před rokem

      @@kayragurses9348 quest 2

    • @wojciechszmyt3360
      @wojciechszmyt3360 Před rokem

      but it shouldn't matter much which one it is exactly, because there is so far no VR tech on the market that would give depth accomodation

  • @thomashoglund5671
    @thomashoglund5671 Před rokem

    Since 1 feet is 304.8 mm then the letters would be 20*304.8 mm * tan (1/12 °) ~ 8.866 mm ~ 8.9 mm in size (~ 0.35 inches)

  • @Pidalin
    @Pidalin Před rokem

    I was always curious what that 20/20 is, all people from English speaking countries are using that, but here in Europe, we have no idea what does it mean. 😀

  • @Jaylord0826
    @Jaylord0826 Před rokem +1

    For iPhone users, which is better for the eyes to use? Is it light mode or dark mode especially if you have myopia? I hope you’ll reply please.

  • @MrAndreas8787
    @MrAndreas8787 Před rokem

    In Greece we say 20/20

  • @leonkaluba6067
    @leonkaluba6067 Před 10 měsíci

    Hello anthonio!...so if I can't see the 20/20 letters due to myopia on the snellen chart then I need -1.0 correction lenses?

  • @MariaTex3
    @MariaTex3 Před rokem

    So doing better than 20/20 vision is true afterall. I assumed the eye doctors were kinda being funny. But this makes sense now

  • @empret7704
    @empret7704 Před rokem

    Can you explain why one eye is near sight and the other far sight please?

  • @Zoeila
    @Zoeila Před rokem

    I tested as 20/10 however I think my brain was able to decipher small letter's from memory

  • @sekerz
    @sekerz Před rokem

    What about 20/1 vision? Is it possible?

  • @sohaibtaj4557
    @sohaibtaj4557 Před rokem

    Can you please make a video on the cornea. My cornea is too thin to have laser eye surgery and I was wondering if it can be corrected to its usual thickness. It is the main barrier for me to have laser. I am desperate to have 20/20 version! Much appreciated.

  • @nidhip
    @nidhip Před rokem

    Can you please suggest medicine to recover from retina damage due to artery occlusion.

  • @NathyIsabella
    @NathyIsabella Před rokem +1

    no, I don't have 20/20 vision, I'm near sighted... hahaha
    at least I have a good resolution to see near objects...

  • @rishithvenkataswamy6024

    Can 6/6 vision get worsen?? Due to any reason

  • @jakebloom733
    @jakebloom733 Před rokem +1

    I have a question. I am near sided and can see very well up close but very poor far away. If I put my face up to a computer screen or book, I can see everything. Now when I put on a vr headset, the screen is basically an inch from my eyes yet to see in the distance when gaming in VR i need my glasses or contacts just like in real life to see far away and then I can see again. With the screen is so close to my face, shouldnt my near sided vision see the entire screen clear? how does this work?

    • @AntonioTheOptom
      @AntonioTheOptom  Před rokem +1

      The VR headset probably has a lens inside of it that makes the phone “seem” like it’s at a distance. See if you can adjust the focal length of the VR eyepieces to suit your prescription!

  • @oliviav980
    @oliviav980 Před rokem

    Hello dr.! I just learned recently that my 11 yr old child has myopia we went to the eye doctor and -2.25 was the result of the eye test he could see clearly when reading but blurry when looking in a distant.he is mostly at home doing online class so does she need to wear glasses all the time or as needed like when she goes out of the house only?

  • @rishithvenkataswamy6024

    I have 6/6 vision......can it get worse due to phone usage??

  • @laszloszell8753
    @laszloszell8753 Před rokem

    Anybody Could help me figure out what happening with my eyes(-4 with contactlense)?Just a example: When I look at white wall and on the wall hanging a picture or a connector plug and focusing on it for few second and after looking next to it,then I see a bright white spot which shape exactly like the object I was looking at. Often when I looking at something for few sec and move my eyes a side a bit, I see the same shape just bright like when you was looking in the sun.Few sec and is disappear. In our house have a pile to hold the ceiling is same white as the wall. When I look at it for 5 second and after look at wall then I see the pile but in this time is gray as shadow. A few second and is disappear.

  • @hashibiraame8387
    @hashibiraame8387 Před rokem

    I have a questionn, if seeing more blurry at night could it be real myopia because pseudomyopia see clearer when pupil dilate? Or i misunderstanding something.

  • @connorheinz2453
    @connorheinz2453 Před rokem

    Can you do a video on a nystagmus

  • @Jiiimbooh
    @Jiiimbooh Před rokem

    Technically not an eye disorder, but have you heard about visual snow?

  • @JaStulla
    @JaStulla Před rokem

    so ur saying its best i keep my comp screen 6ft at best since it is the resting focal length for less eye strain and contraction?

  • @peternodado6638
    @peternodado6638 Před rokem

    I fail this test when I was elementary 😅

  • @r1r597
    @r1r597 Před rokem +2

    Any glasses frame brands that are made of a high percentage of plant based plastic/ acetate? I am allergic to metals and usual plastic frames

    • @kevinyang998
      @kevinyang998 Před rokem

      Try titanium frames, they are hypoallergenic

  • @bohyunkim2639
    @bohyunkim2639 Před rokem

    Hi Antonio, is it true Lionel Messi has 50/50 vision?

  • @The1stChillaKilla
    @The1stChillaKilla Před rokem

    As someone with 4.75 and 5 diopters nearsightedness prescription, from what ive read online im "legally blind"
    For reference after a quick Google search that is anywhere from 20/300 to 20/500, if the sources are correct.
    Im considering lasik surgery, but ive not yet made up my mind

    • @JamesBond-mq7pd
      @JamesBond-mq7pd Před rokem

      I got SMILE surgery and now i cant see only 20/45. My diopters were like -10.

    • @The1stChillaKilla
      @The1stChillaKilla Před rokem

      @@JamesBond-mq7pd still 20/45 seems good considering the 10 diopters before. glad it worked out for you!

    • @kevinyang998
      @kevinyang998 Před rokem

      Legally blind is if EVEN WITH glasses you cant achieve 20/200 vision.

  • @jamielebron7729
    @jamielebron7729 Před rokem

    Hey Ik this is random but how wide do humans see on each eye ?

  • @graceharper9833
    @graceharper9833 Před rokem

    Antonio, I have 6/10 vision with glasses, is that good vision or not?

  • @burnte
    @burnte Před rokem

    At 44 years old I’ve got 20/10 in my right eye and 20/15 in the left with mild glasses. When I was still in my mid 30s I still had 20/10 in both. Every time I see new optometrist or ophthalmologist they never believe it, some don’t even want to test me beyond 20/20, which gets frustrating. I get it’s rare but it happens. It’s quite useful, however!
    Edit: yes, I’m willing to prove it.

  • @lewisbenzie845
    @lewisbenzie845 Před rokem +1

    I'd really like to know at what "Hz" or FPS a human eye operates at?

    • @Ph1llteredName
      @Ph1llteredName Před rokem

      Vsauce has two very interesting videos talking about the eye resolution and fps
      czcams.com/video/4I5Q3UXkGd0/video.html
      czcams.com/video/buSaywCF6E8/video.html
      idk if on the eye fps video he says the actual fps of the eye but according to specialists its around 60 fps, that why on higher fps games you dont really see too much difference on the fluid motion.

    • @lewisbenzie845
      @lewisbenzie845 Před rokem

      @@Ph1llteredName he doesn't. Peripheral vision exists at 82 Hz and lowering to 70Hz in direct centre as best I can piece together.

  • @Tschoo
    @Tschoo Před rokem

    I'd rather die than use the metric system (just kidding)

    • @jake-ki4lh
      @jake-ki4lh Před rokem

      I'd rather die than use the metric system (not kidding)

    • @notnullnotvoid
      @notnullnotvoid Před rokem +2

      I'd rather use the metric system than die (not kidding)

    • @eviezucchinimartini
      @eviezucchinimartini Před rokem +1

      metric system sucks. the hottest american take i've ever had

    • @jake-ki4lh
      @jake-ki4lh Před rokem

      @@eviezucchinimartini good take

    • @neek01
      @neek01 Před rokem

      @@eviezucchinimartini To be real honest, it just depends solely on what you learned as you grew up. If i was born in the US i would have no incentive to learn the metric system as it’s not used there at all, except for maybe scientific fields. But at the same time since i’m both outside of the US, i have no incentive to learn the imperial system either.
      btw don’t get me started at the weirdos over in the UK since they use a mix of both