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Almost everyone has heard of the numbers 20/20 when it comes to vision. There’s even a commonly quoted phrase “hindsight is 20/20”. But what is 20/20? What does that even mean? How Vision Values Like “20/20” Are Measured Well, it’s really not as complicated as it seems. The numbers are referring to a distance of…
Read MoreAs vision correction technology improves, people struggling with vision issues have more options to consider. Of course there are glasses as a standard option, which can be used to correct a wide variety of vision issues, as well as contact lenses that are advancing at a rapid pace in terms of their comfortability, technology, and…
Read MoreAs vision correction technology improves, people struggling with vision issues have more options to consider. Of course there are glasses as a standard option, which can be used to correct a wide variety of vision issues, as well as contact lenses that are advancing at a rapid pace in terms of their comfortability, technology, and…
Read MoreAs vision correction technology improves, people struggling with vision issues have more options to consider. Of course there are glasses as a standard option, which can be used to correct a wide variety of vision issues, as well as contact lenses that are advancing at a rapid pace in terms of their comfortability, technology, and…
Read MoreIn the not so distant past, if you couldn’t see well, you didn’t really have much of a choice. You wore glasses. Then along came contact lenses, and as they’ve evolved over the years, they’ve done an excellent job of providing an alternative to people that don’t like wearing glasses. In fact, contacts are still…
Read MoreWhat is Presbyopia? Presbyopia is the gradual inability for the eye to focus that occurs as we age, due to loss of flexibility of the crystalline lens within the eye. The lens is made of elastic proteins that give flexibility to the lens, but as we get older, the elastic proteins begin to lose their…
Read MoreWhat is Astigmatism? Astigmatism is an optical condition of the eye that causes vision to be blurry when looking at things that are either far away or up close due to having multiple points of focus. Other refractive error problems (such as nearsightedness and farsightedness) are caused by light being focused to ONE POINT either…
Read MoreUnderstanding Myopic and Hyperopic Vision Issues Myopia and hyperopia, more often referred to as nearsightedness and farsightedness, respectively, are common vision conditions that affect a large portion of the American population. Knowing and understanding the differences between these two conditions can help you identify them and bring any concerns to your eye doctor. Getting an…
Read MoreWhat is Farsightedness (Hyperopia)? Hyperopia (also known as Hypermetropia or Farsightedness) is an optical condition of the eye that makes focusing far away difficult, but it makes focusing up close even more difficult. People who have hyperopia have greater difficulty focusing up close, so they are better (in comparison) at seeing far away, and therefore,…
Read MoreWhat is Nearsightedness (Myopia)? Myopia, also known as nearsightedness, is an optical condition of the eye that causes vision to be blurry when looking at things that are far away. Therefore, myopia is also referred to as being nearsighted, as in, “I have near sight. I can see things that are near to me. I…
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