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Recent Examples of hyperopia
Millions more are expected to experience worsening vision due to myopia (nearsightedness) or hyperopia (farsightedness), conditions that can be fixed with glasses, contacts or surgery.
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Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Untreated hyperopia can lead to the development of a lazy eye (amblyopia) or additional vision loss.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Some people with hyperopia can have their vision surgically corrected.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Contact lenses can be worn to correct a variety of vision conditions, such as myopia, or nearsightedness; hyperopia, or farsightedness; and astigmatism.
—Tiffany Yannetta, Seventeen, 26 Oct. 2018
Of the overall cases, 69 percent arose from simple uncorrected refractive errors, which include myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism (blurry vision up close, far away or both).
—By Sue Arrowsmith, miamiherald, 24 July 2017
Michelle Marchante, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Untreated hyperopia can lead to the development of a lazy eye (amblyopia) or additional vision loss.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Some people with hyperopia can have their vision surgically corrected.
—Kelly Burch, Verywell Health, 11 July 2024
Contact lenses can be worn to correct a variety of vision conditions, such as myopia, or nearsightedness; hyperopia, or farsightedness; and astigmatism.
—Tiffany Yannetta, Seventeen, 26 Oct. 2018
Of the overall cases, 69 percent arose from simple uncorrected refractive errors, which include myopia (nearsightedness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and astigmatism (blurry vision up close, far away or both).
—By Sue Arrowsmith, miamiherald, 24 July 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for hyperopia
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Many people with astigmatism have nearsightedness (myopia) or farsightedness (hyperopia).1 LASIK, a laser eye surgery that corrects common vision problems by reshaping the cornea, may help treat people with mild to moderate astigmatism.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
30 May 2025
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Treatment Differences The treatments for nearsightedness and farsightedness are similar.—
Kelly Burch Published,
Verywell Health,
6 May 2025
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In addition to glucose, the companies have been working on a smart accommodating contact lens for presbyopia (the loss of near-focusing ability) and a smart intraocular lens for improving sight following cataract surgery.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Nov. 2018
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When Readers Aren’t Enough Not all eye symptoms people experience in their 40s can be attributed to presbyopia.—
Maggie O'Neill,
Verywell Health,
20 Sep. 2024
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Hopefully that's just my myopia and there's a lot happening behind the scenes.—
Abhimanyu Ghoshal,
New Atlas,
6 May 2025
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His myopia was at least as deleterious to the liberation of the unconscious mind as his charisma were beneficial.—
Jonathon Keats,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Rates are up 42% from 25% in the 1970s, and almost 50% of people are expected to have nearsightedness by 2050.—
Katie Grant,
Parents,
4 Mar. 2025
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Many people with astigmatism have nearsightedness (myopia) or farsightedness (hyperopia).1 LASIK, a laser eye surgery that corrects common vision problems by reshaping the cornea, may help treat people with mild to moderate astigmatism.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
30 May 2025
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Bonus facts: Webb wears contact lenses and without them is considered legally blind due to severe astigmatism....—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Many people with astigmatism have nearsightedness (myopia) or farsightedness (hyperopia).1 LASIK, a laser eye surgery that corrects common vision problems by reshaping the cornea, may help treat people with mild to moderate astigmatism.—
Carrie Madormo,
Health,
30 May 2025
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Barrel Cards The barrel card exercise can help improve symptoms of strabismus (crossed eyes).—
Laura Schober,
Health,
12 Feb. 2025
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One of his conditions, strabismus,has also been reported by researchers to be behind the genius of Leonardo da Vinci, allowing the painter to perceive the world differently and facilitating his accurate depiction of three-dimensional objects on flat surfaces.—
Maya Davis,
CNN,
4 Aug. 2024
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“Hyperopia.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hyperopia. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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