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My wife and I have been optometrists since the early 1980s. Both of us are quite tall and, as a lot of optometrists know, there is a lot of leaning forward in the job to put trial frames on and off and to offer and change lens powers.
It was back in the early 1990s, after a few chiropractic manipulations, that we heard of automated phoropter heads. In particular, the idea of having them linked to an autorefractor and focimeter appealed, the logic being we would get quicker accurate refractions, leaving more time to check the health of the eyes.
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