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- Title
A randomised comparison between an inexpensive, general-purpose headlight and a purpose-built surgical headlight on users' visual acuity and colour vision.
- Authors
Street, I.; Sayles, M.; Nistor, M.; McRae, A.
- Abstract
To determine if there are any differences in near visual acuity and colour vision between an inexpensive general-purpose light emitting diode (LED) headlight and a purpose-built surgical LED headlight. A prospective study was conducted sequentially comparing near visual acuity and colour vision, the headlights being tested in random order, in a testing room with a constant minimal amount of background light. The participants were NHS employee volunteers, with self-declared normal (or corrected) vision, working in occupations requiring full literacy. For visual acuity, outcome was measured by recording the smallest font legible when using each headlight when the subject read a near visual acuity test card. For colour vision, the outcome was passing or failing the Ishihara test. There was no statistically significant difference between the general-purpose and the purpose-built headlights in users' near visual acuity or colour vision.
- Subjects
VISUAL acuity; COLOR vision; LIGHT emitting diodes; EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONS
- Publication
European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, 2014, Vol 271, Issue 2, p407
- ISSN
0937-4477
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00405-013-2586-x