New Eyeglasses Don't Work? Get Results!
What happened? Things were so sharp, so crisp in the eye doctor's examining room!
Could I have been imagining things?
Is my eyesight not as good as I believed?
Relax, you have not lost your mind. Odds are there is a clear explanation and an easy solution.
The most likely answer is that an error has occurred. Yes, a mistake! Somewhere between the vision chart and the cash register somebody goofed-up. Let's break it down:
- Measurement errors made by the doctor leave your poor eyes over-corrected or under-corrected.
- Transcription errors are extremely common in a busy clinic. For example, accidentally putting a MINUS sign where a PLUS sign was intended. Sometimes measurements for each eye are accidentally switched.
- Tabular errors happen when data from one form (or screen) is incorrectly transferred to a different form (or screen). Your doctor's written prescription may be precise but the clerk in the optical shop copied it wrong.
- Processing errors also happen in busy workplaces. Mrs. Anita Jones' new lenses are mistakenly fitted into Mrs. Anna Jones' new frames.
- Fabrication errors can be discovered by verifying the lens correction. Opticians and lab technicians are humans, too!
Some estimates claim one-third of all prescription eyewear harbor a significant measurable error. If you suspect that your new glasses have a problem, bring them back to the local optical shop and ask the manager to remeasure the lenses and verify that the optician's numbers precisely match the eye doctor's prescription. If the optical shop says their glasses conform to the original prescription bring the new glasses back to your eye doctor. Be sure to bring all paperwork, receipts, and prescriptions. The eye doctor's staff can also remeasure the lenses and verify that the numbers on your most recent clinic chart match the doctor's prescription.
If everyone says that the glasses are exactly as prescribed then consider asking for a follow-up appointment and a repeat refraction.
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5 Comments:
This is so true! If your clinic/center or glasses store doesn't give you a trail time to get used to the lenses, then they aren't worth dealing with. Specs are like anything worthwhile -- you have to keep trying until you get it right.
Also make sure your eyeglasses are fitted to your head correctly. I just got my first pair of bifocals and was ready to take them back and ask for a refund when I saw teh lab tech and he fitted tehm properly and now I can actually see and read with them! I will NEVER give up my soft contacts, but in case of emergency at least I can use the glasses and still see.
As an Optician of 18 yrs. I would strongly suggest the following:
1)Have another Dr/ Optical Shop compare your written Prescription with your new glasses. (No charge for this)
2)If they match....go back to your Dr for another refraction(no charge)
3) If the prescription is different, have new lenses made.
4) If you still have problems consider having your blood sugar checked.
Most people have no idea how much high blood sugar can affect their vision from day to day, even hour to hour.
Sorry this is so lengthy but, if your sugar is off your vision, tests, refractions will be off also. dolphinlvr@hughes.net
In my job we screen vision in children. We had a child who had just gotten new glasses and everything was blurry. Turns out that the lab accidentaly switched the prescription in the lenses. The one in the R should have been on the L, etc... When someone goes and picks up there glasses, there store/office should make sure the glasses work before they leave.
As a student of Optometry in INDIA, I also made some mistakes while prescribing.. Forgot to add DV and NV etc... Lucky that we have our superiors with us to assist and correct in time.Mistakes always happen when adding -lens & +lens
Do this as soon as u got new glass,Check them at the clinic itself . If u feeling uncomfortable say to them, They are responsible for glasses , u don't need to be suffer.
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