MNREAD acuity chart
The MNREAD acuity chart or Minnesota low vision reading chart is a text based chart used to measure near visual acuity in people with normal or low vision.{{cite journal |last1=Altinbay |first1=Deniz |last2=Adibelli |first2=Fatih Mehmet |last3=Taskin |first3=Ibrahim |last4=Tekin |first4=Adil |title=The Evaluation of Reading Performance with Minnesota Low Vision Reading Charts in Patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration |journal=Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology |date=2016 |volume=23 |issue=4 |pages=302–306 |doi=10.4103/0974-9233.194078 |pmid=27994393 |issn=0974-9233|pmc=5141623 |doi-access=free }} It can also be used to measure maximum reading speed, critical print size and the reading accessibility index of a person.{{cite journal |last1=Calabrèse |first1=Aurélie |last2=Cheong |first2=Allen M. Y. |last3=Cheung |first3=Sing-Hang |last4=He |first4=Yingchen |last5=Kwon |first5=MiYoung |last6=Mansfield |first6=J. Stephen |last7=Subramanian |first7=Ahalya |last8=Yu |first8=Deyue |last9=Legge |first9=Gordon E. |title=Baseline MNREAD Measures for Normally Sighted Subjects From Childhood to Old Age |journal=Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science |date=1 July 2016 |volume=57 |issue=8 |pages=3836–3843 |doi=10.1167/iovs.16-19580 |url=https://iovs.arvojournals.org/article.aspx?articleid=2537421 |language=en |issn=1552-5783|doi-access=free |pmc=4961000 }} Digital and printed types of charts are available.{{cite journal |last1=Calabrèse |first1=Aurélie |last2=To |first2=Long |last3=He |first3=Yingchen |last4=Berkholtz |first4=Elizabeth |last5=Rafian |first5=Paymon |last6=Legge |first6=Gordon E. |title=Comparing performance on the MNREAD iPad application with the MNREAD acuity chart |journal=Journal of Vision |date=19 January 2018 |volume=18 |issue=1 |pages=8 |doi=10.1167/18.1.8 |pmid=29351351 |pmc=5774869 |language=en |issn=1534-7362|doi-access=free }}
The MNREAD chart consists of sentences with print size decreasing by 0.1 log unit steps, from 1.3 logMAR (Snellen equivalent 20/400 at 40 cm) to −0.5 logMAR (Snellen equivalent 20/6).{{cite journal |last1=Calabrèse |first1=Aurélie |last2=Owsley |first2=Cynthia |last3=McGwin |first3=Gerald |last4=Legge |first4=Gordon E. |title=Development of a Reading Accessibility Index Using the MNREAD Acuity Chart |url= |journal=JAMA Ophthalmology |pages=398–405 |language=en |doi=10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2015.6097 |date=1 April 2016|volume=134 |issue=4 |pmid=26868760 |pmc=5369600 }} Charts are available in many languages. It allows near visual acuity recording in logMAR notation, Snellen notation or M-units.{{cite journal |last1=Radner |first1=W. |title=Reading charts in ophthalmology |journal=Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology |date=14 April 2017 |volume=255 |issue=8 |pages=1465–1482 |doi=10.1007/s00417-017-3659-0 |pmid=28411305 |pmc=5541099 |language=en |issn=0721-832X|doi-access=free }}
Procedure
Since the MNREAD charts use logarithmic pattern of letters, near visual acuity is usually measured at a distance of 40 cm from eyes. For low vision patients, chart can also be used at closer distances. After distance vision correction, near vision is measured with and without near vision correction.
History
Gordon Legge and colleagues introduced the computer based Minnesota low-vision reading test in the year 1989.{{cite web |title=MNRead-History {{!}} MN Lab for Low-Vision Research |url=http://gellab.psych.umn.edu/mnread-history |website=gellab.psych.umn.edu}} In 1993, they introduced a simplified printed version of the test. The chart we use now is developed at the Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research, University of Minnesota, by Gordon Legge, Steve Mansfield, Andrew Luebker, and Kathryn Cunningham.{{cite web |title=MNREAD Acuity Charts {{!}} MN Lab for Low-Vision Research |url=http://gellab.psych.umn.edu/mnread-acuity-charts |website=gellab.psych.umn.edu}}
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