Abstract
Visual acuity (VA) is the gold-standard measure for the assessment of visual function, but it is challenging to obtain in non-verbal adults and young children. We present OKN-Fast, an objective, automated method for estimation of VA using a reflexive eye movement called optokinetic nystagmus (OKN) that does not require a verbal response from the patient (VA-OKN). We tested the method in a cohort of healthy adults (n=12) with good vision, who were also blurred using a lens. On average OKN-Fast reduced the number of trials needed to determine threshold by half, as compared to a gold standard trial-by-trial assessment. The VAs determined by OKN and ETDRS were similar when blurred (no statistically significant difference). However, a significant bias of logMAR 0.2 was observed for the good vision condition. VA-OKN was highly repeatable with limits of agreement (LOA) similar to those found for ETDRS charts when blurred. However, this VA-OKN was only moderately correlated with VA measured using a ETDRS chart (r2 = 0.55). These results suggest that further optimization is warranted.Clinical Relevance- This work provides an automated approach for the estimation of visual acuity in non-verbal populations such as young children or non-verbal adults.
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