> > I'll bet you're presbyotic (far-sighted)
>
> Nit pick time. I think you mean presbyopic. presbyotic would be
> someone who can only hear things far away.
<med-student>
Neither:
Hyperopic == far-sighted
Myopic == near-sighted
While presbyopia is a problem with near-vision accomodation, it is related
to the lens, not the eye length. Hyperopia and myopia both have alterations
in the length of the eye's horizontal axis (too short and too long
respectively) such that light is no longer properly focused on the retina.
A deformed cornea can also cause either condition since the vast majority
of the focusing power of the eye is generated by the cornea, not by the lens.
In contrast, presbyopia indicates an age-acquired inflexible lens that can no
longer alter its shape for close-up work.
Oh, and while we're at it, we call it "presbycusis" for old fart
hearing deficiency. ;-)
</med-student>
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Received on Thu Dec 13 2001 - 16:48:43 GMT