Refractive error in underserved adults: causes and potential solutions

VSE Jeganathan, AL Robin… - Current opinion in …, 2017 - journals.lww.com
URE is a leading cause of preventable visual impairment with serious health consequences.
Numerous social and financial barriers are associated with the high prevalence of URE in …

From unseen to seen: tackling the global burden of uncorrected refractive errors

NJ Durr, SR Dave, E Lage, S Marcos… - Annual review of …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Worldwide, more than one billion people suffer from poor vision because they do not have
the eyeglasses they need. Their uncorrected refractive errors are a major cause of global …

Reversing the trend of large scale and centralization in manufacturing: The case of distributed manufacturing of customizable 3-D-printable self-adjustable glasses

J Gwamuri, BT Wittbrodt, NC Anzalone… - Challenges in …, 2014 - papers.ssrn.com
Although the trend in manufacturing has been towards centralization to leverage economies
of scale, the recent rapid technical development of open-source 3-D printers enables low …

Refractive accuracy and visual outcome by self-refraction using adjustable-focus spectacles in young children: a randomized clinical trial

L Zhao, Q Wen, D Nasrazadani, NL Cheung… - JAMA …, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Uncorrected refractive error is the most common cause of vision impairment in
children. Most children 12 years or older can achieve visual acuity (VA) of 20/25 or better by …

Características clínicas y epidemiológicas de las ametropías en escolares de la Escuela Primaria" Lidia Doce Sánchez"

S Vásquez Hernández… - Revista Cubana de …, 2013 - scielo.sld.cu
Resumen VASQUEZ HERNANDEZ, Sissi y NARANJO FERNANDEZ, Rosa María.
Características clínicas y epidemiológicas de las ametropías en escolares de la Escuela …

A review of adjustable lenses for head mounted displays

RE Stevens, TNL Jacoby, IŞ Aricescu… - Digital Optical …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Adjustable lens technology has the potential to improve Head Mounted Displays (HMDs)
through style and comfort by providing optical prescription correction and focussing …

Refractive error correction among urban and rural school children using two self-adjustable spectacles

S Ocansey, R Amuda, CH Abraham… - BMJ Open …, 2023 - bmjophth.bmj.com
Objective Self-refracting spectacles (SRSs) have different optical and mechanical designs,
which may affect the refractive outcome, depending on the experience of the end user. This …

[HTML][HTML] Validation of near eye tool for refractive assessment (NETRA)–pilot study

A Bastawrous, C Leak, F Howard… - Journal of Mobile …, 2012 - journalmtm.com
Background: Uncorrected-refractive-error (URE) is the leading cause of global
visionimpairment (VI); 122.5 million people are estimated VI from URE. NETRA is a $30 …

Autorefraction, retinoscopy, javal's rule, and Grosvenor's modified javal's rule: the best predictor of refractive astigmatism

K Asiedu, S Kyei, EE Ampiah - Journal of ophthalmology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the study was to determine the level of agreement between Javal's rule,
autorefraction, retinoscopy, and refractive astigmatism and to determine which technique is …

Self‐refraction, ready‐made glasses and quality of life among rural myopic Chinese children: a non‐inferiority randomized trial

Z Zhou, T Chen, L Jin, D Zheng, S Chen… - Acta …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To study, for the first time, the effect of wearing ready‐made glasses and glasses
with power determined by self‐refraction on children's quality of life. Methods This is a …