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  2. Refractive error - Wikipedia

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    These are general over-the-counter glasses which can be worn for easier reading, especially for defective vision due to aging called presbyopia. Single vision prescription lenses They can correct only one form of defective vision, either far-sightedness or near-sightedness. Multifocal lenses The multifocal lenses can correct defective vision in ...

  3. Micropsia - Wikipedia

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    Micropsia is a condition affecting human visual perception in which objects are perceived to be smaller than they actually are. Micropsia can be caused by optical factors (such as wearing glasses), by distortion of images in the eye (such as optically, via swelling of the cornea or from changes in the shape of the retina such as from retinal edema, macular degeneration, or central serous ...

  4. Astigmatism - Wikipedia

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    Three treatment options are available: glasses, contact lenses, and surgery. [1] Glasses are the simplest. [1] Contact lenses can provide a wider field of vision and fewer artifacts than even double aspheric lenses. [1] Refractive surgery aims to permanently change the shape of the eye and thereby cure astigmatism. [1]

  5. Illusory palinopsia - Wikipedia

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    Illusory palinopsia is often worse with high stimulus intensity and contrast ratio in a dark adapted state.Multiple types of illusory palinopsia often co-exist in a patient and occur with other diffuse, persistent illusory symptoms such as halos around objects, dysmetropsia (micropsia, macropsia, pelopsia, or teleopsia), Alice in Wonderland Syndrome, visual snow, and oscillopsia.

  6. Myopia - Wikipedia

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    Near-sighted vision (left), normal vision (right) A myopic individual can see clearly out to a certain distance (the far point of the eye), but objects placed beyond this distance appear blurred . [ 16 ] [ 25 ] If the extent of the myopia is great enough, even standard reading distances can be affected.

  7. Anisometropia - Wikipedia

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    In this brief vision test specialized cameras detect each eye's light reflexes, which the equipment's software or a test administrator then interprets. If photoscreening indicates the presence of risk factors, an ophthalmologist can then diagnose the condition after a complete eye exam, including dilating the pupils and measuring the focusing ...

  8. Visual impairment - Wikipedia

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    Amblyopia: is a category of vision loss or visual impairment that is caused by factors unrelated to refractive errors or coexisting ocular diseases. [59] Amblyopia is the condition when a child's visual systems fail to mature normally because the child either has been born premature, measles, congenital rubella syndrome, vitamin A deficiency ...

  9. Astigmatism (optical systems) - Wikipedia

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    Astigmatic, distorted surfaces potentially introduce serious degradations in optical system performance. Surface distortion due to grinding or polishing increases with the aspect ratio of the part (diameter to thickness ratio). To a first order, glass strength increases as the cube of the thickness. Thick lenses at 4:1 to 6:1 aspect ratios will ...