Centile Charts

Vision simulator

This part of the tool simulates expected vision quality with either glasses/contact lenses and without glasses/contact lenses (uncorrected vision). While a myopic child's vision with glasses/contact lenses should remain good, their uncorrected vision will worsen with increasing myopia. At low levels of myopia, preserving uncorrected vision quality is one of the goals of treatment to ensure a child is less dependent on their glasses/contact lenses for daily life.

How could myopia management help?

All available myopia management options have been tested in clinical trials comparing them to conventional single vision glasses. We express the benefits of these treatments in terms of the probability of significant changes in glasses strength. For lower levels of myopia, we assess the risk of developing related eye diseases, and for higher levels, the risk of future visual impairment. The benefits are based on average reported outcomes from current treatments.

Myopia progression and treatment effectiveness

New options and insights into treatment effectiveness can change fairly quickly as research continues to grow. We consistently review new evidence regarding treatments including how well they work and incorporate that information if necessary into each report. Your link or QR-code will always show the most up to date treatment information.

The importance of lifestyle

A vast amount of research has looked at how our behaviour and lifestyle growing up, affects our eyes. We have tried to distill this into the most important messages, that can help to not only delay the onset of myopia in children but also maximize how well their chosen treatment could work for them.