Visual acuity prediction using the VER--temporal aspects

A pattern reversal stimulus (check size 5.5 min arc) was used to elicit visually evoked responses (VER's). The peak to trough amplitude of the VER wave was measured and compared to the subjective visual acuity (Landolt C) in 30 subjects. The recordings were made at 3, 6, and 12 pattern reversals per s. The correlation coefficients are reasonably high (r = 0.81) for both the 3 and 6 reversal rates with a considerably lower correlation coefficient (r = 0.54) for the 12 reversals per s stimulus. Repeatability measurements on a further 6 subjects taken over a 5-week period produced an amplitude coefficient of variation of 13% for the 6 subjects with the 3 reversals per s stimulus.