This investigation was concerned with the examination of 75 microscope operators at an electronics plant, with reference to eye function and visual strain. It consisted of three separate parts: (1) standardised interviews dealing with symptoms of visual strain, (2) examinations of the refractive state as well as possible diseases of the eye, and (3) examination of binocular vision. It emerged that 80% of the microscope operators engaged in full time microscope operation experienced various symptoms of visual strain. A statistically verified relationship was found to exist between these manifestations of visual strain on the one hand and uncorrected astigmatism, fusion insufficiency (poorer eye co-ordination) and the length of time spent at the microscope during the working day on the other.
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Key Laboratory for Biomechanics and Mechanobiology of Ministry of Education, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing, China.
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School of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Department of Speech, Language, and Hearing, Callier Center for Communication Disorders, University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson, TX; Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX. Electronic address:
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