To see the illustration in full screen, which is recommended, press the Full Screen button, which appears at the top of the page. Below is a list of the ways that you can alter the illustration. The settings include the following:. Eye is : select the refractive error: Emmetropic is normal, Myopic is nearsighted, and Hyperopic is farsighted.
Add Lens : add or remove a lens: None is no lens, Convex is a converging lens, and Concave is a diverging lens. Turn Light On : turn on and off the light. Light Position : moves the light closer or farther from the eye. Pressing this button restores the settings to their default values. Proceed to Quiz. Background Instructions Illustration Quiz.
Background Use this activity to explore common refractive errors and how corrections help correct them. Myopia Myopia is a common form of mild visual impairment, often called nearsightedness because people with myopia can focus well on near objects but faraway objects appear blurry. Hyperopia Hyperopia is also a common form of mild visual impairment, often called farsightedness because people with hyperopia can focus well on faraway objects but near objects may appear blurry.
Between the two parts, there is a distinctive line. These can be distinguished from bifocals by the fact that they have three sections, incorporating a correction for middle distance sight. They can be seen visually by the fact that they have two lines separating the different parts of the lens. Some people find these useful once they have been able to adjust to the lines on the lens, but many find them distracting.
Few of these lenses are prescribed today. The varifocal or progressive lens is the modern day equivalent of the bi and trifocal lenses. These lenses have no distracting lines between the different prescription areas, but have a graduated section that moves smoothly from one prescription to the other. These are the lenses of the future and are much more heavily used in many countries already.
They provide the dual benefit of being better cosmetically; they do not draw attention to the ageing process, that Presbyopic is in all of us, and don't have the distracting lines across the lens for the wearer. Spectacle lenses these days can be provided with reflection-free coatings which virtually eliminate distracting reflections - from lights or windows for example - on the back or the front of the lens, helping people to see better and to be visually more satisfying. A very fashionable and expensive spectacle frame can be ruined by the glare coming back from reflections on people's lenses.
People tend not to have the time to treat their spectacles as well as they might. Beyond that there are every day accidents. Scratched lenses can at lest be an irritant to the wearer and look unsightly, and at worst become impossible to use.
If you need both a power correction and correction for astigmatism, you will need a compound lens. Sometime in your 40s, you will experience presbyopia.
This where the lens of your eye loses some of its elasticity, and thus its ability to focus light from near objects. People experience presbyopia by having to hold printed material, such as a menu in a restaurant, or their cell phone, farther away.
Today, to correct presbyopia, there are progressive lenses , where the correction changes continuously along the lens. But, a lot of people still use the previous solution for presbyopia — bifocals.
Like their name suggests, biofocals have two focal distances — one for near and the other for far. Since we typically look down when we focus on something near, the near focal correction is at the bottom of the lens. Plastic lenses are budget-friendly.
Polycarbonate lenses are best for children, athletes, people with mild to moderate prescriptions, and for those with rimless or semi-rimless eyeglass frames. Hi-Index 1. Hi-Index are the thinnest and lightest lenses, and they provide the highest visual clarity. Now that you know how to decode your eyeglass prescription and how eyeglasses work, you can take advantage of one of the companies that allow you to order your glasses online, and maybe save on your next pair of eyeglasses.
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