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  • Title: Self-optimised vision correction with adaptive spectacle lenses in developing countries.
    Author: Douali MG, Silver JD.
    Journal: Ophthalmic Physiol Opt; 2004 May; 24(3):234-41. PubMed ID: 15130172.
    Abstract:
    It is estimated by the World Health Organization that about 1 billion people in the developing world would benefit immediately from distance vision and near vision correction if it were available to them. Here we address this problem and provide a solution by correcting vision in the field with adaptive liquid-filled variable focus lenses. We describe the details of the lens and present the results of a series of experiments performed in Ghana, Nepal, Malawi and South Africa that demonstrate that it is possible by simple means to self-determine and obtain correct refraction using such lenses.
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