Question: is 20/50 nearsighted or farsighted?
Answer: The study defines "visual impairment" as visual acuity of 20/50 or worse in the better-seeing eye. Visual acuity refers to the sharpness of vision at 20 feet from an object. A person with 20/50 vision can clearly see something 20 feet away that a person with normal vision can see clearly from a distance of 50 feet.