Filter goggles imitating dark adaptation for measurement of visual readaptation after flash exposure.

The effect of red pass goggles (cut off wavelength = 650 nm) imitating dark adaptation on measurement of visual readaptation after flash exposure was investigated in humans. The results showed that there is no statistically significant difference between visual readaptation time measured with ordinary dark adaptation and that with goggles for adaptation. No statistically significant difference was found between females and males. It is suggested that red pass goggles can be practicably used to simulate dark adaptation in measuring visual readaptation time. Visual readaptation time was measured as the interval between the triggering of a green flash and the reappearance of optokinetic nystagmus. Optokinetic nystagmus was induced by a moving vertical grating and recorded by DC EOG.