Is old age responsible for deterioration of eyesight (presbyopia)?
– There is an interesting correlation between the type of blur a person has and their age. In industrialized countries, the majority of people who get blur early in life become nearsighted; the majority of people who get blur during middle age usually become farsighted. Regardless, blurry eyesight is caused by incorrect, strained vision habits – which can be unlearned. Age is not the issue as long as a person maintains relaxed, proper habits of vision. A person is not farsighted when he/she has correct vision habits. Natural Eyesight Improvement teacher Thomas Quackenbush (who has been teaching full-time since 1983) has observed no difference in the rate of improvement between nearsighted and presbyopic students. – Note that there are people who have excellent eyesight – far and near – well into their 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. Dr Bates basically stated that the only time a person can have blurred vision, near or far, is when they interfere with relaxed, natural vision habits. – Again, Dr Ba
