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Yellow spectacles were given to 20 children who had binocular amblyopia. Immediately, their vision improved. Furthermore, in the younger children, after they had worn the yellow lenses for up to nine months, this improvement persisted even when they were not wearing the spectacles. Yellow filters may help these children with binocular amblyopia because they remove the blue fringes that are due to chromatic aberration of the eye.

Original publication

DOI

10.1016/0140-6736(91)91966-x

Type

Journal article

Journal

Lancet

Publication Date

02/11/1991

Volume

338

Pages

1109 - 1110

Keywords

Adolescent, Age Factors, Amblyopia, Child, Color, Contrast Sensitivity, Eyeglasses, Female, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Male, Vision, Binocular