Snell-Sterling visual efficiency scale
visual efficiency scale, Snell-Sterling
A representation of visual efficiency as a function of visual acuity, in which are taken into account other factors such as perception, experience, etc. in estimating how much vision a person has for a given visual acuity.
| Table V2 Relationship between visual acuity and the Snell-Sterling visual efficiency scale (in percentage round figures) |
| visual acuity | | Efficiency | | loss of vision |
| (m) | | (ft) | | (in %) | | (in %) |
| 6/6 | | 20/20 | | 100 | | 0 |
| 6/7.5 | | 20/25 | | 96 | | 4 |
| 6/9 | | 20/30 | | 91 | | 9 |
| 6/12 | | 20/40 | | 84 | | 16 |
| 6/15 | | 20/50 | | 77 | | 23 |
| 6/18 | | 20/60 | | 70 | | 30 |
| 6/24 | | 20/80 | | 59 | | 41 |
| 6/30 | | 20/100 | | 49 | | 51 |
| 6/48 | | 20/160 | | 29 | | 71 |
| 6/60 | | 20/200 | | 20 | | 80 |
| 6/90 | | 20/300 | | 8 | | 92 |
| 6/120 | | 20/400 | | 3 | | 97 |
| 6/150 | | 20/500 | | 1.5 | | 98.5 |
Millodot: Dictionary of Optometry and Visual Science, 7th edition. © 2009 Butterworth-Heinemann
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