Can reading glasses help computer eye strain? (2024)

COMPUTER EYE STRAIN GLASSES

What does your computer screen smell like?

Unless you have yournosepressed against your screen, you'll want to know whyyour close-reading and intermediate sight are two VERY different things.

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Are reading glasses different from computer glasses?

First and foremost, reading glasses are used for close reading.

Anything within 35cm from your eyes is considered as close reading.

Holding a book, tablet or your mobile phone at a natural reading distance is within this distance. This can be corrected with basic reading eyeglasses.

Distances beyond 35cm are considered as intermediate sight.

This includes tasks such as computer work which may seem like close reading but actually beyond the intended distance and purpose of reading glasses.

Computer glasses is a loosely used term for prescription computer glasses. These can be made to as progressive computer reading glasses or single vision computer glasses which have been tailored for your intermediate distance use.

Furthermore, computer glasses are often confused with anti glare computer glasses.

Glasses to protect eyes from computer-work utilise an additional coating which we can add to protect your eyes from HEV light emitted from digital screens.

Are cheap reading glasses bad for your eyes?

Cheap reading glasses are probably worse for the environment than they are for your eyes.

They’re highly disposable and are notoriousfor breaking easily.

Despite the hearsay, cheap reading glasses or incorrectly powered reading glasses will not cause damage to your eyes.

At the very worst, the wrong dioptre of reading glasses will merely impede your ability to focus. That'sit.

This isn't a huge deal for short reading sessions. But if you're an avid book worm, this imbalance of focal power can can cause eye strain and potentially reading headaches.

If you're considering prescription reading lenses,you can check out my other article discussing8 reasons to invest in a good quality readingglasses.

Is it okay to wear reading glasses if you have perfect vision?

If you have perfect vision, you can still wear reading glasses to reduce close-reading strain on your eyes.

This aid might suggest that your close vision is starting to deteriorate, however, reading glasses are purely a magnifying lens.

This reduces the workload of the eye muscles which contract around the soft crystalline lens in your eye to create close-focus.

Computer glasses with magnification are better described as single vision lenses. These are tailored lenses, specific to your prescription for each of your eyes.

These will provide a pair of glasses that are specific to computer-use.

Men's single vision glasses

Women's single vision glasses

Do glasses help with computer eye strain?

Can reading glasses help computer eye strain?

Reading glasses are not recommended to help with computer use as they are made for close distance reading within 35cm.

Computer eye strain and reading headaches can be assisted by using a single vision or varifocal lens which will correct your intermediate sight.

Learn about anti blue-light glasses

Where to buycomputer glasses

At Banton Frameworks, we sell an array of handmade glasses frames.

If you use your reading glasses for close screen-work with your phone or tablet, you'll certainly benefit from blue light blocking glasses as your reading fame.

You can simply add this lens coating to yourprescription via our advanced lens menu. (Ultra blue light blocking)

This coating is available for all our optical products and will help to protect your eyes from high energy visible light emitted from digital devices.

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Jamie Bartlett

Co-founder of Banton Frameworks.