Ch 2 Sec 3: Presbyopia, Multifocals,
Progressive Lenses Questions With Complete
Solutions
According to US Census data projected to 2050, which is the only age group that will show an
increase in number? 55+
What percentage of the current US population over the age of 55 needs eyewear? 84%
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According to US Census data projected to 2050, which is the only age group that will show an
increase in number? 55+
What percentage of the current US population over the age of 55 needs eyewear? 84%
As a practicing optician, your role with presbyopic patients will be to determine their lifestyle
needs and wants in order to ____________. match product features and benefits to them
What was the earliest form of presbyopic lens correction? Single vision lenses
Who is attributed with the concept of correcting presbyopia with bifocals? Benjamin
Franklin
What was the design of the first bifocal lenses? Two differently powered lens halves
secured in the same eye wire
, Ch 2 Sec 3: Presbyopia, Multifocals,
Progressive Lenses Questions With Complete
Solutions
What was a problem associated with August Morck's cemented bifocal lenses? The
difference indices between the distance lens and the wafer lens caused color aberration for the
wearer
Which glass bifocal lens design was the first to use a fusing process? The Kryptok
Which bifocal lens exhibited color aberration for the wearer through the segment? The
Kryptok
When was the first trifocal lens developed? 1936
What is the furthest and closest a person will be able to see if he is looking through a plano
distance, +2.50 add multifocal and has 4.00D of accommodative amplitude? 40cm to
15.4cm
For a specified distance Rx power, what happens to the ranges of clear vision through a
segmented multifocal as add powers get high? The zones shrink
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