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My parents had corrective eye surgery in the last decade (corrected their myopia), and they claim the eye surgery damaged their "reading vision." They lament th
by panopticon 6y ago
My parents had corrective eye surgery in the last decade (corrected their myopia), and they claim the eye surgery damaged their "reading vision." They lament the loss of their reading vision, and I have to keep explaining that they're experiencing presbyopia and not some damage the surgery caused.
My myopia is pretty bad (-9.25 and -8.5 in contacts), so I don't even get the benefit of reading without correction.
- modeless 6y agoFor a disease which affects literally everyone as they age, presbyopia is astonishingly unknown. I didn't hear about it at all until I started working on VR and eye tracking.
- fogihujy 6y agoPretty much everyone knows their eyesight will get worse with age. It's just that most people refuse to admit they're getting older.
- morganvachon 6y ago> My parents had corrective eye surgery in the last decade (corrected their myopia), and they claim the eye surgery damaged their "reading vision." I'm -7.00 / -7.25 and this happens to me if I wear contacts instead of glasses. With glasses I can comfortably read a book or screen from about 10 inches away and beyond. With contacts I have to hold it at arms' length before I can make out small text. This is one of the many reasons I've stuck with glasses over the years. Another advantage of glasses is that I can take them off and have a natural and detailed "magnifying" effect. This comes in handy when soldering small components (wearing non-correcting safety glasses) or examining a circuit board for tiny defects like cold solder joints or broken components.