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Online refraction: risk or reward?

Yiannis Kotoulas consults a leading expert on whether the standard sight test will survive the rise of teleoptometry

Technological developments in the past 10 years have created ‘new normals’ in nearly all aspects of our lives. Many of us now shop, communicate with our friends and consume media in the comfort of our homes via the internet. The coronavirus pandemic has intensified these online lives by shuttering us indoors, adding working to the list of activities carried out from the home for millions of people. Already used to shopping from Amazon and watching Netflix, millions of us are now becoming used to working remotely. As this new normal begins to quickly solidify it begs the question; will sight tests survive the coronavirus disruption?

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