Astigmatism on Children
THE EFFECTS OF ASTIGMATISM
(NEARSIGHTEDNESS OR FARSIGHTEDNESS)
ON THE
LEARNING PROCESS OF A CHILD
Introduction
Vision is one of our richest senses. Making it “the window of the soul”, provides us with a wealth of information about our environment and the objects in it; the sizes, shapes, locations of the things, their textures, colors and distance. It is also the most studied of all the senses, giving us the reason why we give that much high importance on our sense of sight (Sekuler, et. al, 2008).
The eyes receive light reflected from objects in the world, and from this light we perceive everything in our environment. It enables us to avoid falling into holes and oncoming cars on the street. It allows us to contact and to avoid things we don’t want. According to ….. we rely too so heavily upon vision that it is usually considered the dominant human sense.
But unfortunately, many people are suffering from many kinds of eye disturbances which one of these is the astigmatism that may conjunct to near-sighted or farsighted. Even those very young kids and children who are going to school have this kind of problem (Kumari, 2012); which can really have an effect on their learning, particularly in their school performance. It can somehow be a hindrance and a disadvantage on their part, depending on its condition if it is severe or not.
According to Kumari (2012) astigmatism is a condition of irregular curvature of the cornea or the lens of the eye where the light cannot focus on the retina, which leads to blurred vision. Astigmatism is a fairly common problem of the eye. Many times it goes undetected, even by the person who has an irregularly curved cornea or lens. It is also one of a group of eye conditions known as refractive errors which can cause a disturbance in the way that light rays are focused within the eye. Astigmatism often occurs with near-sightedness and farsightedness, conditions that may result from refractive errors. Astigmatism is not a
(NEARSIGHTEDNESS OR FARSIGHTEDNESS)
ON THE
LEARNING PROCESS OF A CHILD
Introduction
Vision is one of our richest senses. Making it “the window of the soul”, provides us with a wealth of information about our environment and the objects in it; the sizes, shapes, locations of the things, their textures, colors and distance. It is also the most studied of all the senses, giving us the reason why we give that much high importance on our sense of sight (Sekuler, et. al, 2008).
The eyes receive light reflected from objects in the world, and from this light we perceive everything in our environment. It enables us to avoid falling into holes and oncoming cars on the street. It allows us to contact and to avoid things we don’t want. According to ….. we rely too so heavily upon vision that it is usually considered the dominant human sense.
But unfortunately, many people are suffering from many kinds of eye disturbances which one of these is the astigmatism that may conjunct to near-sighted or farsighted. Even those very young kids and children who are going to school have this kind of problem (Kumari, 2012); which can really have an effect on their learning, particularly in their school performance. It can somehow be a hindrance and a disadvantage on their part, depending on its condition if it is severe or not.
According to Kumari (2012) astigmatism is a condition of irregular curvature of the cornea or the lens of the eye where the light cannot focus on the retina, which leads to blurred vision. Astigmatism is a fairly common problem of the eye. Many times it goes undetected, even by the person who has an irregularly curved cornea or lens. It is also one of a group of eye conditions known as refractive errors which can cause a disturbance in the way that light rays are focused within the eye. Astigmatism often occurs with near-sightedness and farsightedness, conditions that may result from refractive errors. Astigmatism is not a