Eye health is essential to have good eyesight. Currently, many people become more aware of eye health that they regularly visit an eye doctor. However, most individuals especially children simply use the expression of visiting the eye doctor. They do not know that there are actually two types of eye doctors. One is optometrist and [...]

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Some people may be diagnosed with refractive errors after an eye exam, which means the eyes can not refract or focus light properly. The eye’s ability to focus light is decisive for one’s vision sharpness. Refractive eyeglasses, contact lenses as well as refractive surgeries can be used to correct a refractive error.
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Danny Perez’s eyes opened wide in surprise as soon as his new glasses were perched on his nose.
“This looks blurry,” said the Townley Elementary fourth-grader as he removed and then replaced them. “But this really looks better.”
The new glasses, as well as eye exams, are part of the Kids Vision for Life program, which kicked [...]

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Good vision such as 20/20 does not mean satisfying contrast sensitivity. Common vision tests using black letters or numbers displayed against white backgrounds can not reflect your exact contrast sensitivity, since the real world is filled with grey shades. So that special contrast sensitivity testing is necessary.
May eye diseases or conditions may cause poor contrast [...]

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Eyes are the windows of human’s hearts. It’s very important to have eye exams every year or six months, because many eye problems such as cataracts, retinal problems and glaucoma offer no telltale symptoms.
Routine eye exams mainly contain several steps. The first step of an eye exam is a measure of visual acuity. Eye doctors [...]

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Different people should receive complete eye exams at different intervals. Children’s eyes should be examined at six months of age, three years of age, and six or seven years of age and every two years during school days, since high vision problem rates are reported among both preschool and school-aged children. For children with risk [...]

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Regular comprehensive eye exams are crucial for both adults and children to maintain eye health. An eye exam can help adults not only formulate and update their eyewear prescription, but also search for any sign of common eye diseases. For children, eye exams are even more important since vision is so closely related to their [...]

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