All About Kids' Eye-sight
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amylqf, how long was your girl on reading glasses? Did you have her power checked to see the progress? It should at least control the myopia instead of escalating it. Did you manage to prescribe from optical shop or bought off the shelf?
On pinholes, I am currently using them for myself to test if my myopia can be reversed. I am just touching 40 and my myopia has come down doe to lao hua. But due to extensive wearing of soft lenses, I have developed super dry eyes, and I am trying as much as possible to free my eyes. At the moment, pinhole glasses can be used at home, but wierd to be seen out-of-house...
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concern2:
without proper use of the eye, the degree will not decrease.amylqf, how long was your girl on reading glasses? Did you have her power checked to see the progress? It should at least control the myopia instead of escalating it. Did you manage to prescribe from optical shop or bought off the shelf?
On pinholes, I am currently using them for myself to test if my myopia can be reversed. I am just touching 40 and my myopia has come down doe to lao hua. But due to extensive wearing of soft lenses, I have developed super dry eyes, and I am trying as much as possible to free my eyes. At the moment, pinhole glasses can be used at home, but wierd to be seen out-of-house...
The thing is that children seldom the the discipline as adult, it is hard to remind them whole day, especially when they are in school.
well, for your Lao Hua case, the degree with drop as your lao hua goes up, so can't really measure the pure effect unless you use on the child.
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Here's another reading on plus lenses. It is the summary of the entire research paper.
http://www.myopia-manual.de/private/recommendations.pdf -
hi there,
would like to find out if this myovision lenses is available at any spectacle shop? Or which ones carry these lenses?
Am quite upset that my girl has to get spectacles…willing to try anything to stop the progression.
Going to ask the eye doc about this reading glasses method as well…
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Many optometrists/ optical shops sell it. It is the better choice if your child tends to strain his eyes. It contains negative lens on top to view far and positive below for viewing close distance. However, I was not very convinced about what my optometrist said about the plus part, hence did not get one for my son. According to him, the ‘positive part’ is actually zero (plano), not really plus.
Personally, I think the bifocal is better than progressive since there is no way your child would use the negative power to view near distance. The only thing is that it has a line in between which is unconventional for a child to wear…
Your difficulty may lie in getting the degree of ‘plus’ because there is very little known / practiced guidelines for the optometrist.
My kids are on plus lenses now for all close work, and keeping healthy eye habits, with lots of effort on my part in educating them about their eyes.
It helps to have an eye chart stuck on a well-lit part of your home for regular checks.
All the best! -
zxha:
Many shops sell the myovision lenses. Just ask them. Some of them display that they sell myovision lenses.hi there,
would like to find out if this myovision lenses is available at any spectacle shop? Or which ones carry these lenses?
Am quite upset that my girl has to get spectacles...willing to try anything to stop the progression.
Going to ask the eye doc about this reading glasses method as well...
Thank you. -
May I know where to buy an eye chart? Tks!
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Just to share this book I happened to come across :
The Secret of Perfect Vision: How You Can Prevent and Reverse Nearsightedness
http://www.amazon.com/Secret-Perfect-Vision-Prevent-Nearsightedness/dp/1556436777/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1254924159&sr=1-1 -
Eye Charts can be downloaded from this site:
http://www.i-see.org/eyecharts.html -
Hi all!
Just to share my experience here specially to those parents who are unsure about the accuracy of HPB's prescriptions and for those keen in Myovision lens.
Last year, my son was being referred to HPB for eye-check for myopia, he was k1 then. It was prescribed that he was short-sighted. Right 175, left 100. Hubby and i decided not to let him wear specs as we weren't sure how accurate was the prescription as DS was not very fluent with his ABCs then. We understand that pictures will be used for such cases, but DS was not very comfortable with the eye-check environment and the optometrist, so he wasn't very cooperative in his answers. Moreover, he did not squint his eyes while looking at things which were far and neither did he complain that he couldn't see the board in class.
Fast forward one year now and he went for the HPB eye-check again. Right 325, left 275. We finally brought him to an optical shop to have a second opinion and if needed, prescribe specs. Went to Spectacles Hut and DS was asked to look into a machine [now then i know that the machine is to give the optician a rough gauge (80% accuracy) of the child's eyes degree]. DS then went for the eye-chart reading test in the room. [note: if you decide not to prescript specs after this test, you will be charged $25 for it] Results: Right 350, left 250. Was told that a difference in prescription of 25degrees is considered normal.
Verdict: We regret that the stubborn us did not prescribe specs for DS last year. The HPB test is accurate even for children who are not fluent in ABCs.
We went ahead with the optician's suggestion to prescribe Myovision for DS, cuz was thinking we should do the best that we could as parents. Prices: $248 for the thicker lens, $360 for the thinner (hence lighter), break-resistant lens, as quoted by the optician. Both types are plastic lens, have UV protection (or was it anti-glare?) and anti-scratch. We chose the latter. They are currently having a promotion, the frame comes free with the lens for those who are keen. Was asked to go back for a free eye-check in 9-12months time. Will update again. Fingers crossed that there will be minimal increase in the powers.
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