Table 2

Visual standards of participants wearing their habitual correction relative to the CASA vision requirements set out in Regulation 67.15010

Multifocal IOL (n=13)Monofocal IOL (n=12)
Monocular VA requirements (Item 1.35)
 Class 1
 (6/9 or better in each eye)
2 (15%) failed4 (33%) failed
 Class 2
 (6/12 or better in each eye)
1 (8%) failed4 (33%) failed
Binocular VA requirements (Item 1.35)
 Class 1 (6/6 or better)1 (8%) failed2 (17%) failed
 Class 2 (6/9 or better)All passedAll passed
Intermediate requirements (Item 1.36)
 N14 binocularly
 (with or without correcting lenses) at a distance of 1 m
All passedAll passed
Near VA requirements (Item 1.36)
 N5 binocularly in the range of 30 to 50 cm1 (8%) failed1 (8%) failed
  • CASA, Civil Aviation Safety Authority; IOL, intraocular lens; VA, visual acuity.