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. 2024;37(122):12-13.
Epub 2024 May 15.

Hyperopia: a practical introduction

Sonia Mavi  1 , Jessica Massie  2 , Ving Fai Chan  3 , Priya Morjaria  4
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Hyperopia: a practical introduction

Sonia Mavi et al. Community Eye Health. 2024.
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A female eye health worker is pointing to a chart she is holding in front of a female patient who is wearing glasses. Both people in the image are seated.
Figure 1
Measuring near visual acuity with a conventional LogMAR near vision chart using Lea symbols at 40 cm. zimbabwe
Letters in rows on a white background. All of the letters are sharp and clear.
Figure 2a
Children with hyperopia will not experience significant blurring of their distance vision when looking through a +2.50 D lens.
Letters in rows on a white background. None of the letters are sharp and clear. As the letters get smaller as read down the rows, the letters become increasingly blurred.
Figure 2b
A child who does not have hyperopia will experience significant blurring of their vision when looking through a +2.50 D lens.
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