>While this may lead to conflict of interest, it can also lead to a better eye exam. I have very good familiarity with the situation in Germany. It's barely an

>While this may lead to conflict of interest, it can also lead to a better eye exam. I have very good familiarity with the situation in Germany. It's barely any better there due to the same limitations I've already outlined. Granted, you find more opticians with 1/8 diopter trial frame lenses there, but it's still a rarity and opticians lack orthoptic training, something NOT supplementable by normal optometric training (which already goes beyond optician training), even if the IVBS would like you to think otherwise. >Why can't SeeVividly vision therapy be made available directly to consumers? Is the reason technical or business, to avoid conflict with eye doctors? Liability.