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Monovision is one method of correcting presbyopia, or so-called “monovision. Senile farsightedness, manifested by progressive stiffening of the lens and weakening of the eye’s ability to accommodate.

  • Inability to read text up close – the smaller the letters, the greater the difficulty (SMS, footnote in a book, restaurant menu, computer monitor text),
  • headaches and eye fatigue when looking at something close,
  • difficulties with eye accommodation during the so-called twilight hour (when dusk falls or just after it does).

Monovision is one method of correcting presbyopia, or so-called “monovision. Senile farsightedness, manifested by progressive stiffening of the lens and weakening of the eye’s ability to accommodate, which in turn produces the following symptoms:

  • The inability to read text up close – the smaller the letters, the greater the trouble (text message, footnote in a book, menu in a restaurant, text on a computer monitor),
  • Headache and visual fatigue when looking up close,
  • Problems with visual accommodation in the so-called. The gray hour (when dusk falls or just after it falls).

Conventional monovision involves subjecting each eye to a different correction to prepare one eye for long-distance vision and the other for near-distance vision.

Which eye will be farsighted and which will be nearsighted is decided after a series of tests, known as the “myopic” eye. eye dominance tests. In no way does it depend on the arbitrary decision of the doctor or patient. Before an ophthalmologist proceeds with monovision correction of presbyopia, he or she conducts a qualifying examination to see if the patient’s brain will accept the solution. In other words, it is checked whether the differential planned for the patient will be acceptable to him, whether he will be comfortable with it.

This sequence of actions means that monovision correction is not performed unless the patient passes a qualifying examination and is 100 percent sure that monovision is not only tolerated by the patient, but also gives him or her comfortable vision. Attempts to achieve monovision vision improvement can be made repeatedly in the search for the perfect contact lenses. Once the eye becomes accustomed to this type of correction, the patient may decide to have laser monovision.

It is estimated that about 70% of patients manage their monovision-induced differential vision well in daily life, while 30% have problems with it.