Contact Lenses
Contacts worn to correct an astigmatism.
What is a toric lens?
What is plastic?
You can see near objects but have difficulty seeing objects farther away.
What is myopia?
The standardized admissions test pre-optometry students take before applying.
What is the OAT?
The degree an optometrist earns.
What is a Doctor of Optometry (OD)?
90% of contact wearers wear this type of contact.
What are soft contact lenses?
These type of glasses has both a correction for distance on the top of the lens, and a correction to help you read on the bottom part.
What are bifocals?
A common vision condition that causes blurred vision, occurring when the cornea is irregularly shaped or because of the curvature of the lens inside the eye.
What is astigmatism?
The centralized application service for pre-optometry students that typically opens in June and closes in May.
A setting optometrists practice in.
What is private practice, group practice, OD/MD, Veteran Affairs, and retail/corporate optometry?
This type of lens is generally recommended for wearers who suffer from eye allergies.
What are daily disposable contacts?
The first eyeglasses were developed in this European country.
What is Italy?
A condition of increased pressure within the eyeball, causing gradual loss of sight.
What is glaucoma?
The type of admissions most optometry schools use (i.e. regular, early decision, early action, etc.).
What is rolling admissions?
The optional fifth year of optometry school for students who want to specialize in areas such as pediatrics, cornea and contact lenses, and vision rehabilitation.
What is residency?
A non-surgical procedure that uses special contact lenses to gently reshape the curvature of the eye to improve vision, typically worn at night.
What is ortho-k?
This type of lens is used to correct for myopia.
What is a concave lens?
The clouding of the normally clear lens that sits in the eye behind the pupil, and most cases of these are related to aging.
What are cataracts?
The optometry school that is located in Worcester, MA.
What is MCPHS?
The 3 part exam you must pass in order to become a certified optometrist.
What is the National Board of Examiners in Optometry (NBEO)?
The Big 4 companies of contact lens manufacturing in the US.
What is Johnson & Johnson, Bausch & Lomb, CooperVision, and Alcon?
The first sunglasses were developed in this Asian country.
What is China?
The most common cause of severe loss of eyesight among people 50 and older. Only the center of vision is affected with this disease.
What is age-related macular degeneration?
The number of schools and colleges of optometry in the US.
What is 24?
What is ten percent?