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  2. Refractive error - Wikipedia

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    When refractive errors in children are not treated, the child may be at risk of developing ambylopia, where vision may remain permanently blurry. [33] Because young children typically do not complain of blurry vision, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children have yearly vision screening starting at three years old so that unknown refractive errors or other ophthalmic ...

  3. Visual impairment - Wikipedia

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    The previous definition which used "best corrected visual acuity" was changed to "presenting visual acuity". This change was made as newer studies showed that best-corrected vision overlooks a larger proportion of the population who has visual impairment due to uncorrected refractive errors, and/or lack of access to medical or surgical treatment.

  4. Myopia - Wikipedia

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    Uncorrected myopia is one of the most common causes of vision impairment globally along with cataracts, ... Because myopia is a refractive error, the physical cause ...

  5. Amblyopia - Wikipedia

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    Refractive Amblyopia: This type is caused by a significant difference in uncorrected refractive errors, such as nearsightedness or farsightedness, between the two eyes. Strabismus [ edit ]

  6. Visual acuity - Wikipedia

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    Refractive errors can mostly be corrected by optical means (such as eyeglasses, contact lenses, and refractive surgery). For example, in the case of myopia, the correction is to reduce the power of the eye's refraction by a so-called minus lens. Neural factors that limit acuity are located in the retina, in the pathways to the brain, or in the ...

  7. Presbyopia - Wikipedia

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    It is a type of refractive error, along with nearsightedness, farsightedness, and astigmatism. [4] Diagnosis is by an eye examination. [4] Presbyopia can be corrected using glasses, contact lenses, multifocal intraocular lenses, or LASIK (PresbyLASIK) surgery. [2] [7] [4] The most common treatment is glass correction using appropriate convex lens.

  8. Blurred vision - Wikipedia

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    Unless there is no associated amblyopia, visual blur due to refractive errors can be corrected to normal using corrective lenses or refractive surgeries. [1] Presbyopia due to physiological insufficiency of accommodation (accommodation tends to decrease with age) is the main cause of defective near vision in the elderly. [3]

  9. Aberrations of the eye - Wikipedia

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    Based on Wavefront map of the eye and with the use of laser a lens is shaped to compensate for the aberrations of the eye and then put in the eyeglasses. Ultraviolet Laser can alter the refractive index of curtain lens materials such as epoxy polymer on a point by point basis in order to generate the desired refractive profile. [1]