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- From: hudel@waterloo.hp.com (Chris Hudel)
- Subject: Re: Bates method (natural vision improvement)
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- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 14:23:50 GMT
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- Kevin Haddock (fish@ecst.csuchico.edu) wrote:
- : I wonder if anyone has had any luck with those 'lazer' glasses
- : with all the little pinholes cut in blackout lenses? From the
- : little I know about optics it would seem to make sense. Basically
- : I think what happens is the pinholes make any image focus regardless
- : of what your lenses are doing so it allows the muscles to find
- : thier 'home' (i.e. relaxed) position. What happens after a while is
- : your brain 'remembers' which way to go to correct the image by
- : reinforcing a correctly focused image at the 'home' position instead
- : of glasses which reinforce a correctly focused image at in incorrect
- : position.
- :
- : Any scientists out there care to comment on this theory?
- :
- Scientists? We don't need no stink'n scientists! :-)
-
- But seriously folks, don't buy them 'lazer' glasses. A good ophamalogist
- friend of mine (I hope medical doctors can act as a source of concrete
- information, even in this forum!) told me that they just don't work. It's
- true that your vision gets better _while you're wearing the glasses_ but
- your eyes don't "learn" to see correctly.
-
- Which makes sense if you think about it since your Rx glasses makes your
- vision better _while you're wearing the glasses_ but obviously not over
- long periods of time.
-
- Probably the muscle-thingy is a good theory but I really thought the majority
- of eye problems result from mishapings in the cornea. I guess this is not so?
-
- Cheers!
- Chris.
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- Chris Hudel
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