KidsHappen Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 We took my 17 year old for a vision test. The dr. said that she has 20/20 vision but that she is farsighted.The best I can understand that means that she can see but things are blurry both near and far. Of course, she needs glasses but that's about the only thing that the dr. said that we understood. She said that she was at step 2 out of four. I have no idea what that means. Here is a link to a wiki article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperopia. Maybe someone else can make better sense of this than I can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I always thought farsighted meant you can clearly see things that are far away (but your vision of things nearby might need correction). And, conversely, my understanding of nearsighted is that you can clearly see things that are near, but not things that are far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 I always thought farsighted meant you can clearly see things that are far away (but your vision of things nearby might need correction). And, conversely, my understanding of nearsighted is that you can clearly see things that are near, but not things that are far away. That's what I thought too. But it sounds like she threw a bunch of technical stuff in there that just made things more confusing. Like how can she have both 20/20 vision and also be farsighted? And how can things be blurry both close-up and far away? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 I think pure far sightedness means you can see things faraway but not close-up; so, you would need reading glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Farsighted (long sighted) means she can see distant objects well but need glasses for clearer view of things that are near. Sounds like your daughter is mildly farsighted though. I'll get glasses made for driving just in case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 And how can things be blurry both close-up and far away? That has to do with the focal length of our eyes. Too near and even someone with perfect eyesight would find it blurry. Same for too far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maize Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 20/20 vision means she can see clearly from 20 feet away what people with normal sight can see from 20 feet away. I am nearsighted, my uncorrected vision is about 20/200 meaning I can only see clearly at 20 feet what people with normal vision could see clearly as far as 200 feet away (I.e. The really, really big letter E at the top of the chart...) A farsighted person can have no trouble seeing even the small letters on the chart from 20 feet away, so their vision can be stated as 20/20. But really close up things may be blurry, like the letters in a book in front of their face. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted June 28, 2014 Author Share Posted June 28, 2014 I think pure far sightedness means you can see things faraway but not close-up; so, you would need reading glasses. Well, supposedly she can see things close up better than far away but both tends to be slightly blurry. She also suffers from headaches so she will be getting glasses soon. I just wanted try and get a better understanding of things before we go back in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abacus2 Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 My understanding is that: farsighted = can see far nearsighted = can see near astigmatism = general blurriness. Does she have farsightedness and astigmatism? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Farsighted (long sighted) means she can see distant objects well but need glasses for clearer view of things that are near. Sounds like your daughter is mildly farsighted though. I'll get glasses made for driving just in case. A farsighted person uses glasses to read. Most farsighted persons do not need glasses to drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MomtoCandJ Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 Dd1 is farsighted but not enough for glasses and her eye doctor said that she will probably out grow it. My astigmatism and nearsightedness is so bad that I'm legally blind without my glasses and I was given an information sheet about retinal detachment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted June 28, 2014 Share Posted June 28, 2014 You can be 20/20 and need glasses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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