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  2. Corrective lens - Wikipedia

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    Lenses sold in the US must pass the Food and Drug Administration ball-drop impact test, and depending on needed index these seem to currently have "best in class" Abbe vs Index ( N d): Glass (2× weight of plastics) or CR-39 (2 mm vs. 1.5 mm thickness typical on newer materials) 58 @ 1.5, Sola Spectralite (47 @ 1.53), Sola Finalite (43 @ 1.6 ...

  3. Optics and vision - Wikipedia

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    A corrective lens is a lens worn in front of the eye, mainly used to treat myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and presbyopia. The goal is to bring vision up to 20/20 vision or as close to this as possible. Glasses or "spectacles" are corrective lenses worn on the face a short distance in front of the eye.

  4. Eyeglass prescription - Wikipedia

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    An eyeglass prescription is an order written by an eyewear prescriber, such as an optometrist, that specifies the value of all parameters the prescriber has deemed necessary to construct and/or dispense corrective lenses appropriate for a patient.

  5. Subjective refraction - Wikipedia

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    Subjective Refraction is a technique to determine the combination of lenses that will provide the best corrected visual acuity (BCVA). [1] It is a clinical examination used by orthoptists, optometrists and ophthalmologists to determine a patient's need for refractive correction, in the form of glasses or contact lenses. The aim is to improve ...

  6. Eye examination - Wikipedia

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    Any improvement from corrective lenses or/and pinholes are often documented to indicate the individual's refractive potential. The visual acuity is assigned in the form of a fraction. Visual acuity is recorded as "20/20" (or another fraction like 20/40) when all optotypes (letters or symbols) on a specific line of the eye chart are correctly ...

  7. Category:Corrective lenses - Wikipedia

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    A corrective lens is a lens worn on or before the eye. They are used to treat myopia , hypermetropia , astigmatism , and presbyopia . The main article for this category is Corrective lens .