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Recent Examples of hyperopia
Untreated hyperopia can lead to the development of a lazy eye (amblyopia) or additional vision loss.
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Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Some people with hyperopia can have their vision surgically corrected.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Contact lenses can be worn to correct a variety of vision conditions, such as myopia, or nearsightedness; hyperopia, or farsightedness; and astigmatism.
—Tiffany Yannetta, Seventeen, 26 Oct. 2018
Of the overall cases, 69 percent arose from simple uncorrected refractive errors, which include myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism (blurry vision up close, far away or both).
—By Sue Arrowsmith, miamiherald, 24 July 2017
Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Some people with hyperopia can have their vision surgically corrected.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Contact lenses can be worn to correct a variety of vision conditions, such as myopia, or nearsightedness; hyperopia, or farsightedness; and astigmatism.
—Tiffany Yannetta, Seventeen, 26 Oct. 2018
Of the overall cases, 69 percent arose from simple uncorrected refractive errors, which include myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism (blurry vision up close, far away or both).
—By Sue Arrowsmith, miamiherald, 24 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperopia
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My farsightedness has apparently been getting worse – requiring me to sit further away from my 13-inch Chromebook.—
Scott Kramer,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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Millions more are expected to experience worsening vision due to myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), conditions that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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In addition to glucose, the companies have been working on a smart accommodating contact lens for presbyopia (the loss of near-focusing ability) and a smart intraocular lens for improving sight following cataract surgery.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Nov. 2018
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When Readers Aren’t Enough Not all eye symptoms people experience in their 40s can be attributed to presbyopia.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
20 Sep. 2024
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The flaws in the tech world are usually not owing to ill intent but to amnesia and myopia.—
Jaron Lanier,
The New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2025
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And once people became nearsighted, screen time was tied to 54 percent higher odds that their myopia would get worse.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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The research, published in Jama Network Open, found a one-hour daily increment of digital screen time increased the risk of myopia—or nearsightedness—by 21%.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
4 Mar. 2025
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There’s a pretty simple way to counter the risk of nearsightedness associated with screen time, however.—
Tom Gavin,
EverydayHealth.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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Toric lenses: These lenses can also help correct astigmatism (a condition that affects the curve of the cornea or lens).—
Suchandrima Bhowmik,
Health,
23 Mar. 2025
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Prescription eyeglasses correct for focus and perhaps astigmatism, but those are just two ways that wavefronts can be distorted.—
Sidd Bikkannavar,
IEEE Spectrum,
26 Feb. 2010
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Barrel Cards The barrel card exercise can help improve symptoms of strabismus (crossed eyes).—
Laura Schober,
Health,
12 Feb. 2025
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One of his conditions, strabismus,has also been reported by researchers to be behind the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, allowing the painter to perceive the world differently and facilitating his accurate depiction of three-dimensional objects on flat surfaces.—
Maya Davis,
CNN,
4 Aug. 2024
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“Hyperopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperopia. Accessed 6 Apr. 2025.
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