Reading through posts on this site I've noticed a lot about different
attitudes to tolerance of refractive error. Has any research ever been done
that addresses why people have different tolerances and what physical factors
in the eye/brain influence it?
William Stacy - 16 Apr 2007 23:49 GMT
Various studies on the relative influences of things like pupil size,
age, etc., but not specifically your question. What is generally
accepted is that for young healthy eyes, the tolerances for most people
in most situations pretty much line up with the tolerances of the ANSI
standards for lens fabrication. Fortunately, the tolerances for
refraction pretty much line up with those as well. YMMV.
>Reading through posts on this site I've noticed a lot about different
>attitudes to tolerance of refractive error. Has any research ever been done
>that addresses why people have different tolerances and what physical factors
>in the eye/brain influence it?
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michael toulch - 19 Apr 2007 12:03 GMT
> Reading through posts on this site I've noticed a lot about different
> attitudes to tolerance of refractive error. Has any research ever been done
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Another aspect to this is cultural and socio economic - like people
who cannot afford or access corrective lenses (poor countries eg) and
are forced to adapt.