Difference between revisions of Accommodation
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'''Accommodation''' is the ability of the healthy eye to focus on both near and far objects. The relaxed state of the [[ciliary muscle]] is distance vision, and the flexed state is near vision. | '''Accommodation''' is the ability of the healthy eye to focus on both near and far objects. The relaxed state of the [[ciliary muscle]] is distance vision, and the flexed state is near vision. | ||
As you age, the lens in your eye becomes less flexible, resulting in [[presbyopia]]. | Kids start with a lot of power of accommodation (about 25 D). As you age, the lens in your eye becomes less flexible, resulting in less power of accommodation, which is called [[presbyopia]], especially when it is less than 2.5 D (40 cm through distance correction). | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||