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Selected Tips to Improve Vision Efficiency after Vision Loss

March 29th, 2011 · No Comments · Ocular Disease, Vision Conditions

This guide has tips on items that can help a person with needs to help with their vision problem. There are dozens of vendors and we welcome you to comparison shop.   This review is focused on Amazon.com as it has a vast array of products that can quickly be searched.   Search for the items highlighted [...]

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X-Cyl and ImageRx

July 3rd, 2009 · No Comments · Contact Lenses, Eyewear, Vision Conditions

X-Cyl and ImageRx updated. X-Cyl is a toric crossed cylinder calculator. ImageRx is a spectacle magnification calculator. Both programs are free to download.

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Lincoln’s Eye Position

February 1st, 2009 · 6 Comments · Ocular Disease, Vision Conditions

If one surveys the available portraits seen on the internet of Abraham Lincoln, a few will show an eye turn. This type of strabismus is called a left intermittent hypertropia.  There is a deviation of the left eye upward. Most images show Lincoln’s eyes pointing straight which suggest the problem was not constant. The image [...]

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Bifocal Contacts

January 27th, 2009 · No Comments · Vision Conditions

Around the age of 40, symptoms of presbyopia begin to develop for most people.  Presbyopia is the natural loss of focusing due to physiological changes which occur in the lens of the eye.  The human lens is responsible for focusing and is normally quite elastic in youth.  Beginning in adolescence, the lens gradually becomes more [...]

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Focusing Problems Illustrated

January 27th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Learning-Related Vision Problems, Vision Conditions, Vision Development

Problems with focusing (accommodation) are frequent causes of vision problems in children and adults.  Different varieties of focusing problems are simulated below as they would appear to a child at their desk in the classroom.  Symptoms of problems in this category include: Comprehension reduces as reading continued: loses interest too quickly Mispronounces similar words as [...]

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Convergence Insufficiency

January 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Learning-Related Vision Problems, Vision Conditions

Convergence insufficiency is a common problem of binocular vision.  This disorder can affect children or adults but tends to be more common in childhood.  Many adults may not feel the onset of symptoms until they get their first bifocal, get a job involving alot of near-related visual work such as computers or go back to [...]

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Top 10 Eye and Vision Myths

January 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Contact Lenses, Eye Safety, Eyewear, Learning-Related Vision Problems, Ocular Disease, Vision Conditions, Vision Development

Scratches on Lenses can be Polished Out No – well not practically. Most prescription ophthalmic lenses are required to maintain a 2mm center thickness. Polishing after its initial fabrication results in a decreased thickness yielding a higher risk of shattering. In addition, the front surface of plastic lenses is custom molded on multifocals and can [...]

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Why Do Glasses Fail?

January 24th, 2009 · 6 Comments · Eyewear, Ocular Disease, Vision Conditions

  Most of the time, you can go to the eye doctor and get a pair of glasses without any trouble getting used to the them.  There are occasions when a patient can have trouble adapting to the changes in the prescription written by the doctor.  A prescription for glasses is similar to a prescription [...]

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Can Emotions Affect Vision?

January 24th, 2009 · No Comments · Eyewear, Ocular Disease, Vision Conditions, Vision Development

Yes.  Some of the best examples include: Getting a new pair of glasses Patients with vision loss from conditions such as a cataract, diabetes, glaucoma, macular degeneration or other conditions may not have had the real impact displayed to them until they get new glasses. Despite counseling on part of a doctor or staff on [...]

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Amblyopia

January 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Ocular Disease, Vision Conditions, Vision Development

Amblyopia or “lazy eye” is a loss of vision which affects approximately 2.5% of all children.  It results from a loss of function in the part of the brain which “sees” or responds to the image that is processed by an individual eye.  It occurs when one eye does not receive input that is equal [...]

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