Comments on: Are Bifocal Lenses A Good Choice For Computer Users? http://www.opticalblog.com/are-bifocal-lenses-a-good-choice-for-computer-users/ Learn more about contacts lenses, eyeglasses and the eyecare business Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:28:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Optician http://www.opticalblog.com/are-bifocal-lenses-a-good-choice-for-computer-users/#comment-547 Optician Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:53:05 +0000 http://www.opticalblog.com/?p=136#comment-547 Yes Anna, the progressive lens was designed to accomodate for the computer-distance range of vision. That being said, it does depend where your computer screen is located. Many people have their computer too far away, too high, etc, so the progressive lens doesn't work for them. That may be why the above comment had problems with her laptop, because if you're sitting & looking at your computer, you're not using the intermediate range of your glasses at the correct distance. This is something the writer of the article failed to mention, but under normal circumstances, progressive lenses WILL work for a computer. Yes Anna, the progressive lens was designed to accomodate for the computer-distance range of vision. That being said, it does depend where your computer screen is located. Many people have their computer too far away, too high, etc, so the progressive lens doesn’t work for them. That may be why the above comment had problems with her laptop, because if you’re sitting & looking at your computer, you’re not using the intermediate range of your glasses at the correct distance. This is something the writer of the article failed to mention, but under normal circumstances, progressive lenses WILL work for a computer.

]]> By: Anna http://www.opticalblog.com/are-bifocal-lenses-a-good-choice-for-computer-users/#comment-496 Anna Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:30:52 +0000 http://www.opticalblog.com/?p=136#comment-496 I agree that for computer use eye glasses prescription should be different from the reading glasses but isn't progressive bifocal lens suppose to have the whole range from distance to reading and everything in between (that's why it is progressive)? I understand that one would need to keep head relatively high up to be able to read computer screen through the middle portion of the glasses. Right now I'm using reading glasses for my computer, which doesn't solve my problem completly because I have to be very close to computer screens (and I have 3 of them at work) and when I need to go anywhere: bathroom, somebody's office, meetings etc. I have to change my glasses back to the distance glasses and that gives me headaches. I was actually hoping that progressive lens like Verilux would be solution to my problem. Please let me know what you think. Thanks I agree that for computer use eye glasses prescription should be different from the reading
glasses but isn’t progressive bifocal lens suppose to have the whole range from distance to
reading and everything in between (that’s why it is progressive)? I understand that one would
need to keep head relatively high up to be able to read computer screen through the middle
portion of the glasses. Right now I’m using reading glasses for my computer, which doesn’t solve my problem completly because I have to be very close to computer screens (and I have 3 of them at work) and when I need to go anywhere: bathroom, somebody’s office, meetings etc. I have to change my glasses back to the distance glasses and that gives me headaches.
I was actually hoping that progressive lens like Verilux would be solution to my problem. Please let me know what you think.

Thanks

]]> By: Garry Conn ABOC/NCLE http://www.opticalblog.com/are-bifocal-lenses-a-good-choice-for-computer-users/#comment-108 Garry Conn ABOC/NCLE Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:35:38 +0000 http://www.opticalblog.com/?p=136#comment-108 Hi Patricia, You are very welcome. I am happy to discover that my article was helpful for you and most importantly that it will help put an end to costly mistakes, which I must say, is not your fault at all. Unfortunately, it is the failure of most eyecare practices to recognize that more and more people are using computers hours on end through out the day. Hi Patricia,

You are very welcome. I am happy to discover that my article was helpful for you and most importantly that it will help put an end to costly mistakes, which I must say, is not your fault at all. Unfortunately, it is the failure of most eyecare practices to recognize that more and more people are using computers hours on end through out the day.

]]> By: Patricia Skinner http://www.opticalblog.com/are-bifocal-lenses-a-good-choice-for-computer-users/#comment-107 Patricia Skinner Fri, 03 Oct 2008 10:24:40 +0000 http://www.opticalblog.com/?p=136#comment-107 This is the exact information I have been looking for. I did go to an optician about my problem, which is specifically having trouble reading stuff on my laptop, but he brushed me off. I'm going to go to someone else. I was wondering about bifocals, but as someone who suffers from neck problems and who has to spend a lot of time on the computer, I can see why it's not a good solution for me especially. Thanks so much for setting me straight before I made more expensive mistakes, lol. This is the exact information I have been looking for. I did go to an optician about my problem, which is specifically having trouble reading stuff on my laptop, but he brushed me off. I’m going to go to someone else. I was wondering about bifocals, but as someone who suffers from neck problems and who has to spend a lot of time on the computer, I can see why it’s not a good solution for me especially. Thanks so much for setting me straight before I made more expensive mistakes, lol.

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