A volunteer program of the University of Nebraska Medical Center’s College of Public Health has been performing free eye exams and providing free glasses to children from Central Park Elementary School in Omaha from a OneSight Vision Van parked out front. The eye exams out of this van include eye charts to check visual acuity and devices to measure internal eye fluid pressure and needed correction.
You wake up in the morning to your alarm sounding off; you sit up, put your contact lenses in, and then get up and get in the shower to start your day. But did you know that this exact process could be leading you towards a very serious eye infection, and you wouldn’t even know it?
As far as technology has come with optometry over the years, there is always room for improvement, and new technology is always being discovered and introduced into the industry. If you have ever been to an eye doctor, you are most likely pretty familiar with the big clunky machine that is used to have patients peer through and read a chart of letters that decrease in size.
Finding the perfect pair of eyeglasses can be just as hard as finding the perfect pair of jeans. You want to find something that fits you just right, and something that you can have confidence wearing. As eyeglasses are a necessity to help us see better and correct our vision issues, they are a vital accessory in our everyday lives,