Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/LP100100575
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
Vision performance in relationship to spectacle lens design. Refractive errors such as short-sightedness, long-sightedness or presbyopia (age related decline in near vision) are the leading causes of visual impairment in the world. Of these, presbyopia affects almost 100% of the population above 45 years of age. This represents over 40% of all Australians. Although spectacles provide a safe and easy means of correcting refractive errors, they affect quality of life due to distorted vision, discomfort such as head and neck ache and cosmetic effects. The goals of the project are to better understand the visual performance of young and old people who wear glasses and to develop improved spectacle lens designs to provide clear and comfortable vision over a range of distances.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 07-2010
End Date: 12-2013
Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects
Funding Amount: $240,546.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Optometry and Ophthalmology | Vision Science | Optometry and Ophthalmology not elsewhere classified
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Hearing, vision, speech and their disorders | Health related to ageing |
