Vision screening at the computer for computer users, drivers, console and gamers and school children.

Vision is the sense that effects us in so many ways and is arguably the most important. From our vision we observe the world around us, enabling a complex interaction. Our visual system is so complex that it continues to work in the REM sleep state.

Visualisation is also important to sports, business and our social interaction.  So a poor picture of our world can affect our well-being.  Vision is taken for granted and it is only when it is either lost or restored that we wonder at the full magic of sight.

How do we know that our vision is great ?  We have been taught through stories that 20/20 vision is perfect. This is not so.  This only refers to Visual Acuity - the ability to see sharp or fine detail.  Racing car drivers must have a score of 20/15 (the lower the second figure the smaller detail you can resolve). The limit of the normal human visual system is 20/12 or better. This is the figure that the eye surgeons with their lasers and wave front technology, attempt to achieve.

However the visual system also performs a host of other ‘visual functions’.  This is why a full test of vision includes a battery of tests, some of which cross check, so as to determine if and where visual problems may lay.

Visual problems may also be caused by our environment (dry office conditions), the way we work (not taking the right sort of breaks), the set-up of our equipment (poor lighting or angle of screen to eyes) and many others. 

This is why the CITY Vision Screener is unique.  This computer program was designed to allow the individual to screen their own vision at their computer, when they experienced a problem or to check that any remedial work or changes including corrective spectacles or contact lenses, make an improvement.

The CITY Vision Screener has been extended to including screening for Drivers, School children, Games and console players, pre-employment and general vision screening.

For further information visit www.cityvisual.com