Optics News

BOSTON – A wide range of eye drops are being developed to manage presbyopia, Clark Chang, OD, said here at the American Academy of Optometry meeting.

BOSTON – RevitalVision is a prescribed vision training software that stimulates the brain’s visual cortex to improve vision in patients with amblyopia from the age of 9 years through adulthood, RevitalVision founder and CEO, Yair Yahav, said here at the American Academy of Optometry annual meeting.

Eighty percent of respondents in a large-scale worldwide survey indicated that they view an eye exam as important for their overall health, but less than half said they get one each year.

Vision impairment may increase risk for future depressive symptoms among women during midlife, according to study results published in Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society.

Populations with severe visual impairment were found to have more physically unhealthy days as compared with their nonvisually impaired counterparts, according to data published in Optometry and Vision Science.

Few soft contact lens types perform identically in the clinical setting, so substitution of a prescribed lens can result in patient dissatisfaction and adverse events, according to a review article in Contact Lens and Anterior Eye.

SightGlass Vision Diffusion Optics Technology spectacle lenses slowed the progression of myopia in children at 2 years, according to a press release from CooperVision.

Pervasive digital device use is associated with symptoms such as eye strain, headaches, dry eye disease, and neck and shoulder pain. Together, these symptoms are ubiquitous and known as digital vision syndrome, or DVS.

A dichoptic digital therapeutic from Luminopia plus full-time glasses improved vision in children with amblyopia compared with full-time glasses alone, according to a pivotal phase 3 randomized controlled trial in Ophthalmology.

Visual acuity is the most commonly measured visual skill, but too often it’s the only skill measured.