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Certain abbreviations are current within the profession of optometry. They are used to denote clinical conditions, examination techniques and findings, and various forms of treatment. They are used to denote clinical conditions, examination techniques and findings, and various forms of treatment.
Optometry is an album by the American musician DJ Spooky, released in 2002. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was part of Thirsty Ear Recordings ' Blue Series of albums. [ 3 ] DJ Spooky considered it an example of Gesamtkunstwerk . [ 4 ]
Negative relative accommodation (NRA) was proposed by Joseph Kearney of Oxford University in 1967 as a measure of the maximum ability to relax accommodation while maintaining clear, single binocular vision.
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Doctors of optometry provide two-thirds of all primary eye care in the United States. Founded in 1898, the AOA is a federation of state, student and armed forces optometric associations. Through these affiliations, the AOA serves members consisting of optometrists, students of optometry, paraoptometric assistants and technicians.
The term "optometry" comes from the Greek words ὄψις (opsis; "view") and μέτρον (metron; "something used to measure", "measure", "rule").The word entered the language when the instrument for measuring vision was called an optometer, (before the terms phoropter or refractor were used).
Optometry Today is a professional magazine, published bimonthly by the Association of Optometrists in the United Kingdom.. The magazine's content regularly includes; news and features about scientific and technological developments in the optical sector, changes to legislation affecting optometrists and optical professionals, developments in the optical business and retail environment, new ...
The organisation traces its history back to 1946. [1] when the Institute of Ophthalmic Opticians (formed in 1904) [2] and the Joint Council of Qualified Opticians (founded in 1923), [2] were incorporated into The Association of Optical Practitioners.