The Opternative exam is a bit different than sitting down in an eye doctor's office and squinting to read a chart of letters. First of all, the online test requires you to use both your smartphone, ...

Caring for your eyes and vision are important parts of a healthy lifestyle. Vision screening is a simple test of your vision that can detect problems early. An eye exam is a detailed check of your ...

A few weeks ago, I was on my last pair of contacts—and needed to schedule another eye exam before I could get any more. I’d heard that a service called Opternative offers online refraction exams, ...

Next time you're forced to take a vision exam at the DMV, take a moment to appreciate the complex math that went into the eye chart. What seems like a fairly straightforward way to assess eyesight is ...

Around three quarters of people in the UK wear glasses or contact lenses, or have had laser eye surgery to help them see better, according to the College of Optometrists. Children are also twice as ...

Inuit in northern Quebec are now able to take vision tests using the Inuktitut writing system, after two Montreal doctors developed eye exam charts in syllabics. Christian El-Hadad, a McGill ...