Training aids

Visual library

Use these cards while teaching staff or explaining a test, prescription, lens, or coating to a patient. Select any card to enlarge it, download the PNG, or open its editable SVG.

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Vision basics

Why vision gets blurry

A patient-friendly comparison of myopia, hyperopia, and astigmatism.

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Vision basics

What the prescription numbers mean

Plain-language definitions for SPH, CYL, axis, ADD, PD, and prism.

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Lenses & frames

Choosing the lens material

A visual comparison of CR-39, Trivex, polycarbonate, and high-index lenses.

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Lenses & frames

Brand names tell you the job

A map of common lens-design, coating, photochromic, and driving brands.

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Lenses & frames

Less glare, clearer lenses

How anti-reflective layers reduce glare and make lenses easier to see through.

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Lenses & frames

Lenses that darken—and UV protection

A simple explanation of photochromic lenses and why UV protection is separate.

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Lenses & frames

Pick a frame that works with the lenses

Frame-selection guidance for strong prescriptions, progressives, wraps, and rimless styles.

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Pretesting

What happens before you see the doctor

The usual pretest flow from patient concerns through the doctor handoff.

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Pretesting

Reading the eye chart

How visual acuity is checked one eye at a time and recorded.

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Pretesting

Why we shine a light in your eyes

A visual explanation of observing pupils, shining the light, and comparing both sides.

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Pretesting

What the eye scanner measures

Patient instructions and plain-language autorefractor and keratometry results.

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Lenses & frames

One lens can do one job—or three

Single vision, bifocal, progressive, and office-lens viewing zones.

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Lenses & frames

Why we measure your eyes and frame

Why pupil spacing, lens height, frame position, and adjustment matter.

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Lenses & frames

What polarized sunglasses do

How polarized lenses reduce reflected glare and why UV protection is separate.

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Lenses & frames

Keep your glasses clear

A four-step cleaning routine plus common things that can damage lenses.

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Pretesting

Why we check eye pressure

Air-puff and gentle-contact methods explained in patient-friendly language.

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Pretesting

Checking your side vision

How to stay centered and respond during a visual-field test.

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Pretesting

Why we dilate your pupils

How dilation widens the doctor’s view and what the patient may notice afterward.

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Pretesting

A picture of the back of your eye

Patient positioning and the retinal structures shown by fundus photography.

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