Clinical measurement of glare effect in cataract patients.

Glare complaints are common for patients with good visual acuity. Spot glare sensitivity is a sensitive measure of intraocular scattering caused by cataracts. The TVA functional vision tester was used to measure contrast sensitivity with and without spot glare. The case studies presented compare relative spot glare disability for cataractous and normal patients with the same visual acuity. The glare measurements show distinct attenuation of contrast sensitivity for cataract patients over patients with no ocular pathology.