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Digital Eye Strain or “Computer Vision Syndrome”

Digital eye strain or “Computer Vision Syndrome” These days nearly every career requires a significant amount of hours working on the computer. The pandemic has pushed more people to work from home, oftentimes leading to a new workspace and therefore new complaints about digital eye strain. Common complaints Eyes feel tired or strained Vision gets blurry frequently Eyes feel dry, tearing, or irritated Frequent headaches Causes of Computer Vision Syndrome As we have seen in a previous blog post, the closer an object, the more work your eyes have to do. The long hours focusing at an intermediate distance put […]

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Don’t sit so close to the TV (or computer, or tablet, or cellphone)

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Don’t sit so close to the TV (or computer, or tablet, or cellphone) It is a phrase that many people have heard a parent say before, but may not understand completely. The importance of how close we look at objects cannot be stressed enough in young children. Your child may want to sit close to the TV (or other objects) if they have uncorrected nearsightedness (or myopia). Myopia means your eyes naturally focus in front of you leading to blurry distance vision. Therefore kids may be moving closer to the TV in order to clear up the image by finding […]