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    This document discusses common vision defects and their corrections. It describes myopia (nearsightedness), which causes distant objects to appear blurred. Myopia occurs when the eyeball is too long, causing images to form in front of the retina. It can be corrected using concave lenses. Hypermetropia (farsightedness) causes near objects to appear blurred, with images forming behind the retina. It results from the eyeball being too short and is corrected using convex lenses. Presbyopia is age-related farsightedness where the lens loses flexibility. Reading glasses are used to treat presbyopia. Astigmatism results in a distorted view from an irregularly curved cornea or lens

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    This document discusses common vision defects and their corrections. It describes myopia (nearsightedness), which causes distant objects to appear blurred. Myopia occurs when the eyeball is too long, causing images to form in front of the retina. It can be corrected using concave lenses. Hypermetropia (farsightedness) causes near objects to appear blurred, with images forming behind the retina. It results from the eyeball being too short and is corrected using convex lenses. Presbyopia is age-related farsightedness where the lens loses flexibility. Reading glasses are used to treat presbyopia. Astigmatism results in a distorted view from an irregularly curved cornea or lens

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    This document discusses common vision defects and their corrections. It describes myopia (nearsightedness), which causes distant objects to appear blurred. Myopia occurs when the eyeball is too long, causing images to form in front of the retina. It can be corrected using concave lenses. Hypermetropia (farsightedness) causes near objects to appear blurred, with images forming behind the retina. It results from the eyeball being too short and is corrected using convex lenses. Presbyopia is age-related farsightedness where the lens loses flexibility. Reading glasses are used to treat presbyopia. Astigmatism results in a distorted view from an irregularly curved cornea or lens

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    This document discusses common vision defects and their corrections. It describes myopia (nearsightedness), which causes distant objects to appear blurred. Myopia occurs when the eyeball is too long, causing images to form in front of the retina. It can be corrected using concave lenses. Hypermetropia (farsightedness) causes near objects to appear blurred, with images forming behind the retina. It results from the eyeball being too short and is corrected using convex lenses. Presbyopia is age-related farsightedness where the lens loses flexibility. Reading glasses are used to treat presbyopia. Astigmatism results in a distorted view from an irregularly curved cornea or lens

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    VISION DEFECTS AND CORRECTIVE LENSES

    Myopia
    - Nearsightedness, also called myopia is common name for impaired vision in which a
    person sees near objects clearly while distant objects appear blurred. In such defective
    eye, the image of a distant object is formed in front of the retina and not at the retina
    itself. Consequently, a nearsighted person cannot focus clearly on a object farther away
    than the far point for the defective eye.
    Causes
    - This defect arises because the power of the eye is too great due to the decrease in focal
    length of the crystalline lens. This may arise due to their:
    Excessive curvature of the cornea or
    Elongation of the eyeball
    Correction
    - This defect can be corrected by using a concave (diverging) lens. A concave lens of
    appropriate power or focal length is able to bring the image of the object back on the
    retina itself.

    Hypermetropia
    - Farsightedness, also called hypermetropia, a common name for a defect in vision in
    which a person sees near objects with blurred vision, while distant objects appear in sharp
    focus. In this case, the image is formed behind the retina.
    Causes
    - The focal length of the eye lens is too great, or
    - The eyeball becomes too short, so that light rays from the nearby objects, say at point N,
    cannot be brought to focus on the retina to give distinct image.
    Correction
    - This defect can be corrected by using a convex(converging) lens of appropriate focal
    length. When the object is at N', the eye exerts its maximum power of accommodation.
    Eyeglasses with converging lenses supply the additional focusing power required for
    forming the image on the retina.
    Presbyopia
    - Presbyopia, progressive form of farsightedness that affects most people by their early
    60s. The power of accommodation of the eye decreases with ageing. Most people find
    that the near point gradually recedes.
    - The aging lens loses its ability to change shape.
    - Reading glasses or bifocals are required.

    Astigmatism
    - Astigmatism, a defect in the outer curvature on the surface of the eve that causes distorted
    vision. In astigmatism, a person cannot simultaneously focus on both horizontal and
    vertical lines.

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