The decision to go to an optometrist versus an ophthalmologist is a personal one.
Sands ground his first lenses at age 15, working for an optometrist in Farmington, Mo.
Optometrist Anita Lightstone, the RNIB's head of low vision, said the report showed a "worrying complacency".
Dr. Thomas Emmett Little was an optometrist who devoted his life and skills to those in need.
From the optometrist's perspective, the inability to process stereoscopic imagery is, for many people, a treatable condition.
Consumers who are unsure about UV blocking in lenses can ask the optometrist for the FDA-approved package insert.
California optometrist Craig Steinberg filed for an injunction to stop the company from selling lenses to his clients.
An optometrist from New York, Tom Little could have pursued a lucrative career.
The first step is to see an ophthalmologist or optometrist regularly.
Mr Pelling got involved in the area when he came across a reference on the internet to a research paper published in 1959 by a Spanish optometrist and amateur historian by the name of Simon de Guilleuma.
In most states contact lenses can be sold only with proof of a valid prescription--either a written prescription or oral approval from an ophthalmologist or an optometrist, who make their livings largely from the stuff they sell, contact lenses among them.
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