Abstract

An often heard comment by practitioners who prescribe magnifiers is that ultimately the patient decides whether a magnifier is good. Implicit in this comment is that the practitioner thought a given magnifier was good, after all why else try it, but the patient rejected it. This paper is an attempt to offer an explanation for this incongruity. It is premised on the difference in amplitude of accommodation between the patient and the practitioner, particularly if the practitioner is young.

© 1993 Optical Society of America