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Anyone know what these numbers mean?

Posted: Mon 06 Jun 2011 2:14 pm
by caroline6505
Hi

Just received a copy of a letter which has been sent to my GP. Says vision in my right eye is 6/24 and left is 6/12. Can anyone make sense of this for me please?

Thanks.

Caroline.

Re: Anyone know what these numbers mean?

Posted: Mon 06 Jun 2011 3:42 pm
by Anne Klepacz
Hi Caroline,
The numbers refer to which line you can read on the Snellen chart (the chart that's used to test vision). Have a look at www.keratoconus-group.org.uk/snellen/index.html which explains it better than I'd be able to!
Anne