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Methodology Patients were recruited to participate in a market test for GUNNAR Optiks Digital Performance Eyewear, developed to reduce and minimize the eye muscle fatigue and dry eye symptoms associated with daily computer use. •A total of 103 patients were recruited at three ophthalmologypractices located in the Los Angeles area. Patients were required to spend a good portion of their work day at a computer, and to have normal vision (uncorrected or corrected with contacts.) •At the Initial visit, patient vision was assessed, and an appropriate pair of Digital Performance Eyewear was prescribed to wear while using the computer.•Patients visited the practice three times during the course ofthe market test. …

Proposal: To study the effectiveness of yellow-tinted lenses and low-plus lenses, separately and together, at reducing eye related symptoms when using a computer. Methods: We will recruit 40 participants, ages 18-40, with near emmetropia or contact-lens corrected refractive error. They will be subjected to the following five conditions while reading on a LCD desktop monitor under glare conditions typical of a work environment: Yellow tint only Neutral-density gray tint only (compare to yellow) +0.50 D sphere clear lenses +0.50 D sphere with yellow tint Plano sphere untinted lenses with anti-reflective coating (control) Outcome measures: Subjective evaluation of type of symptom sensation EMG from orbicularis Accommodative response – magnitude and variability …

There isn’t a name for it and few eye doctors test for it. But many people are having trouble seeing in the middle distance that demands so much of our focus.

Nearsightedness which is often caused by too much “near work” (computer, reading, school work, fine handiwork etc), can be prevented or reduced using reading glasses.

The abnormal elongation of the myopic eye. Our eyes were never designed by evolution for the way we use them today. In order for the eye to focus on close objects, the ciliary muscle tightens and causes the lens of