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What Is Astigmatism?
Astigmatism, commonly mistaken as stigmatism, is a vision disorder that causes objects to be blurry, both at distance and at near.

Higher-Order Aberrations
Higher order aberrations are visual obscurations that cause visual symptoms in some patients.

Vision 101
Learn all about your eyes and vision.

Presbyopia Defined
Presbyopia is defined as the loss of the eye's ability to change focus to see near objects. Presbyopia, or "short-armed syndrome", decreases our ability to focus on near objects. Presbyopia is a vision disorder that develops as we age.

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