Comprehensive eye examination
forty-five minutes (add fifteen minutes for a first visit)
The full examination, with a written prescription at the end of it.
Anybody who has not had one in a year or two, or whose sight has changed.
$145
In the examination lane
Screen and computer vision
Tired eyes by four in the afternoon, and what actually helps.
Working at a screen does not damage an eye. It does make a small uncorrected error, a focusing effort or a poor tear film feel like a problem, because the eyes are held at one distance for hours and the blink rate falls by more than half. The useful answers are dull: the right distance, the right lens for that distance, and blinking.
What this includes
- The prescription measured at your actual working distance, which is rarely the same as reading
- How well the eyes hold a near target together over time
- The tear film, because most screen discomfort is a dry eye in disguise
- Where the screen should sit, which is lower and further away than most people have it
- An occupational lens where two screens and a desk are the real problem
What this is not
- Screens do not cause permanent damage and nothing here is sold on the claim that they do
- Blue light filtering is discussed honestly on its own page rather than sold at this appointment
The appointment
Booking this
Booked as a comprehensive eye examination, with your working distance measured as part of it.
Where this is bounded
What we will and will not tell you here is bounded by this straight answer: Blue light: what is actually known.
Tired eyes by four in the afternoon
Ring to book an eye examination that looks at your working distance.