Reading Glasses to Prevent Myopia

¹B.G.K.T. Consulting Ltd. Bioengineering Huntington, New York.

²Optics, C & O Research Waynesboro, Penn.

³Faculty of Kinesiology, Electrical Engineering & Computing, University of Zagreb, Croatia.

⁴Psychology Temple University Philadelphia, Penn.

Corresponding Author: Peter R Greene, B.G.K.T. Consulting Ltd. Bioengineering Huntington, New York, 11743, Tel: +1 631 935 56 66; E-Mail: [email protected]

Received Date: 29 Oct 2016   
Accepted Date: 02 Nov 2016    
Published Date: 15 Nov 2016

Copyright © 2016 Greene PR

Citation: Greene PR, Brown OS, Medved V and Grill ZW. (2016). Reading Glasses to Prevent Myopia. Mathews J Ophthalmol. 1(2): 008.

ABSTRACT

Preliminary experimental design using reading glasses at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis are discussed. The conclusion is that (+) add lenses, used as reading glasses during study, can prevent the development of myopia for college students in pilot training.

KEYWORDS

Progressive Myopia; Reading Glasses; Bifocals; Progressive Add Lenses (PALS); Refraction; Myopia Prevention; Diopters.