[Optometry Student Share] 15 Reasons to Date an Optometrist

They are the wonderful professionals who protect our eyes, ensure our optimal vision, and help prevent disease. Many of the qualities that make these men and women so valuable in their careers translate into personal relationships.

[Optometry Student Share] Specialty Progressives - PART ONE

For years bifocal and trifocal lenses were worn by the majority of presbyopic spectacle lens wearers. Yet they were not able to satisfy all the visual needs for every wearing situation. As a result, a number of segmented specialty lenses developed.

[Optometry Student Share] Visual Acuity

Visual acuity often is referred to as “Snellen” acuity.  The chart and the letters are named for a 19th-century Dutch ophthalmologist Hermann Snellen (1834–1908) who created them as a test of visual acuity.