What will the vision be in my reading eye with monovision?
The distance vision in the eye set for reading will be less than 20/20. The reading eye is left slightly near sighted to allow for better close vision. The amount of residual nearsightedness may be different for different patients, depending on age at the time of surgery, how “good” the patient wants the reading to be, how much distance vision they are willing to give up, and how long they want to be able to read before they eventually need reading glasses. Typically, the amount of near sightedness left will be between -1.00 and -2.00 diopters. On average it is -1.50 diopters. Regardless of how many residual diopters of nearsightedness are left to allow for the monovision, the vision on the eyechart can NOT be predicted just by looking at this number. There is no conversion between diopters and visual acuity on the eyechart (20/20, 20/30, etc.). In other words, if you are left with -1.50 diopters of residual nearsightedness you may see 20/40 with that eye in the distance, or you may se
The distance vision in the eye set for reading will be less than 20/20. The reading eye is left slightly near sighted to allow for better close vision. The amount of residual nearsightedness may be different for different patients, depending on age at the time of surgery, how “good” the patient wants the reading to be, how much distance vision they are willing to give up, and how long they want to be able to read before they eventually need reading glasses. Typically, the amount of nearsightedness left will be between -1.00 and -2.00 diopters. On average it is -1.50 diopters. Regardless of how many residual diopters of nearsightedness are left to allow for the monovision, the vision on the eyechart can NOT be predicted just by looking at this number. There is no conversion between diopters and visual acuity on the eyechart (20/20, 20/30, etc.). In other words, if you are left with -1.50 diopters of residual nearsightedness you may see 20/40 with that eye in the distance, or you may see
The distance vision in the eye set for reading will be less than 20/20 for distance. The reading eye is left slightly near sighted to allow for better close vision. The amount of residual nearsightedness may be different for different patients, depending on age at the time of surgery, how “good” the patient wants the reading to be, how much distance vision they are willing to give up, and how long they want to be able to read before they eventually need reading glasses. Typically, the amount of nearsightedness left will be between -1.00 and -2.00 diopters. On average it is -1.50 diopters. Regardless of how many residual diopters of nearsightedness are left to allow for the monovision, the vision on the eyechart cannot be predicted just by looking at this number. There is no conversion between diopters and visual acuity on the eyechart (20/20, 20/30, etc.). In other words, if you are left with -1.50 diopters of residual nearsightedness you may see 20/40 with that eye in the distance, or
The distance vision in the eye set for reading will be less than 20/20. The reading eye is left slightly nearsighted to allow for better close vision. The amount of residual nearsightedness may be different for each patient, depending on age at the time of surgery, how good patients want their reading to be, how much distance vision they are willing to give up, and how long they want to be able to read before needing reading glasses. Typically, the amount of nearsightedness left will be between -1.00 and -2.00 diopters.
