Accession Number:

ADA247794

Title:

Prescribing Spectacles for Aviators: USAF Experience

Descriptive Note:

Special rept. Sep 1988-Sep 1990

Corporate Author:

ARMSTRONG LAB BROOKS AFB TX

Personal Author(s):

• Miller II, Robert E.
• Kent, John F.
• Green Jr, Robert P.

Report Date:

1991-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

8.0

Abstract:

This special report was written for USAF vision specialists to use as a guide when prescribing spectacles for military aviators and to extend to the civilian sector the knowledge gained from the USAF experience. Visual correction in flyers presents some unique problems, especially for presbyopes. The demands of each individual aircraft environment need to be well understood. Ophthalmologists and optometrists must consider all pertinent aeromedical factors before prescribing spectacles for ametropic aviators.

Descriptors:

• *VISION
• *EYEGLASSES
• *FLIGHT CREWS
• OPHTHALMOLOGISTS
• OPTOMETRY
• OPHTHALMOLOGY
• AIRCRAFT
• AIR FORCE
• REPRINTS

Subject Categories:

• Medicine and Medical Research

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE