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I have 20/30 vision looking straight at the chart. but how do i test the sharpness of my peripheral vision?
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Its not: By nature of the way your rods and cones are arranged, your peripheral vision is not sharp (not as many cones in the periphery). We do have visual field tests to test the peripheral vision, but not for its sharpness...
Answered 7/3/2018
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