The eye chart you’ve known for your whole life is a lie. Because the letters you read off of it don’t actually make up a whole alphabet. While you’ve probably never noticed it from the optometrist’s ...

Allentown optometrist Dr. Joseph Kassoway has packed away his eye charts, taken in his doctor’s sign at 711 Hamilton St. and is retiring after examining eyes in the Allentown area for the past 51 ...

Optometry is changing in the blink of an eye. Two Long Island startups are at the forefront of a revolution in technology and business practices that lets patients get an eye exam from an optometrist ...

The eyes are said to be windows to the soul. For doctors of optometry, they also offer an expansive look into your overall health, allowing optometrists to diagnose a wide array of common and ...

The concept has ignited a firestorm among optometrists. — -- Getting a prescription for eyeglasses and contact lenses usually means scheduling a trip to the eye doctor, but Chicago-based start-up ...

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, ...

Creative agency Anti has produced a custom font called Optician Sans by adding to the ten letters used in historic optotype eye test charts. Unlike the Sloan typeface commonly used to test patients' ...

An optometrist tells us how we might test a cheetah’s eyesight, and dog owners share their stories of their pets’ short-sightedness ...