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  2. These Stylish, Doctor-Approved Reading Glasses Can Help ... - AOL

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    Reading Glasses (5 Pairs) Reading glasses don’t need to cost an arm and a leg, Dr. Raviv says. For just over $15, you can get five pairs of these beloved readers—which means they clock in at ...

  3. Adjustable-focus eyeglasses - Wikipedia

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    Adjustable focus eyeglasses are eyeglasses with an adjustable focal length. They compensate for refractive errors (such as presbyopia) by providing variable focusing, allowing users to adjust them for desired distance or prescription, or both. Current bifocals and progressive lenses are static, in that the user has to change their eye position ...

  4. Presbyopia - Wikipedia

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    People with presbyopia require a convex lens for reading glasses; specialized preparations of convex lenses usually require the services of an optometrist. [15] Contact lenses can also be used to correct the focusing loss that comes along with presbyopia. Multifocal contact lenses can be used to correct vision for both the near and the far.

  5. Irlen syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Irlen syndrome (or scotopic sensitivity syndrome) is a hypothetical medical condition of disordered visual processing which, it is proposed, can be treated by wearing colored lenses. The ideas of Irlen syndrome are pseudoscientific and not supported by scientific evidence, [ 1][ 2][ 3] and its treatment has been described as a health fraud ...

  6. Snellen chart - Wikipedia

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    In the most familiar acuity test, a Snellen chart is placed at a standard distance: 6 metres. At this distance, the symbols on the line representing "normal" acuity subtend an angle of five minutes of arc, and the thickness of the lines and of the spaces between the lines subtends one minute of arc. This line, designated 6/6 (or 20/20), is the ...

  7. Optical illusion can tell if you need glasses - AOL

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    Cover one eye; read the letters aloud. Cover the other eye; read the letters aloud. Ah, the standard eye exam. A few lines of text and the doctor can tell you whether you have poor vision.

  8. Refractive error - Wikipedia

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    In order to see a clear image, the eye must focus rays of light on to the light-sensing part of the eye - the retina, which is located in the back of the eye.This focusing - called refraction - is performed mainly by the cornea and the lens, which are located at the front of the eye, the anterior segment.

  9. Autostereoscopy - Wikipedia

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    Sega Nintendo Fujifilm. Autostereoscopy is any method of displaying stereoscopic images (adding binocular perception of 3D depth) without the use of special headgear, glasses, something that affects vision, or anything for eyes on the part of the viewer. Because headgear is not required, it is also called " glasses-free 3D " or " glassesless 3D ".