What are the two most common defects of vision (or defects of eye)? How are they corrected?


The two most common defects of vision (or defects of the eye) are the following.


1. Myopia, also known as near-sightedness or short-sightedness, is a defect of vision in which a person can't see the distant object clearly (appears blurred), though can see the nearby objects clearly. The far point of a myopic eye is less than infinity.

It is corrected by using spectacles containing concave lenses, as it reduces the converging power of the eye lens and therefore forms the images of faraway objects on the retina of the myopic eye.

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2. Hypermetropiaalso known as long-sightedness or far-sightedness, is a defect of vision in which a person can't see the nearby object clearly (appears blurred), though can see the distant objects clearly. The near point of a hypermetropic eye is more than 25 cm away.

It is corrected by using spectacles containing convex lenses, as it increases the converging power of the eye lens and therefore forms the images of nearby objects on the retina of the hypermetropic eye.

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Updated on: 10-Oct-2022

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