There is a device that can get close to your prescription without involving
any human except for the patient and the person that pushes the start
button. I have had this used as the first step in an exam for around twenty
years, but it is always followed up with the which one is better business,
which makes a marked improvement for those of us that are unusually picky.
For those who aren't that particular it's good enough.
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From: Tina Manley
Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 11:34 AM
To: Olympus Camera Discussion
Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Street Supper
I tested several very young children with the keritometer-autorefractor in
Honduras. All they had to do was look at the little red house through the
eyepiece.
Tina
On Tue, Jul 29, 2014 at 10:41 AM, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
I had no idea until our son with autism attended his first Special
Olympics, were we encountered optometrists who performed eye exams and
provided glasses to participants, that it is possible for the eye doc to
get very, very close to the correct prescription without any cooperation
from the patient at all, other than tolerating the exam. All that “one
better-two better” stuff we are used to merely refines what’s already
obvious to the doc. Or so I’ve been told.
--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal
On Jul 29, 2014, at 8:48 AM, David Thatcher <davidt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> The specialist uses atropine drops to relax the eyes - gives 'that
> space-cadet look'. Then they test the eye focal points and look for
> astigmatism with a scope that both the doctor and patient look into.
> This is not a terribly precise science, and their eyes change rapidly-
> so the appointments are frequent. The annoying bit is when you get a
> prescription change, and then they change it back at the next
> appointment...
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