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Myopia Control with abiliti

As shown below, distant objects such as street signs or chalkboards are seen blurred.
What are the risk factors for myopia?
Parental myopia, myopic siblings, Asian ancestry, myopia that appears before the age of 7, rigorous academic pursuits (high near visual demands) particularly at younger ages, and limited outdoor activity all can be used to predict myopia and its progression to high myopia. Patients with high degrees of myopia experience a poorer quality of life than those with low to moderate myopia. Refractive surgery can also be affected, with outcomes generally better in patients with lower prescriptions. Myopia control therapy can help change the future of your child’s myopia progression and significantly reduce the risk of future visual impairment.
Take this 1-minute survey to determine your child’s risk factors for myopia development and progression.
Myopia Control Therapy
Treating Myopia with abiliti Contact Lenses

The world’s first 1-day soft contact lens proved to slow axial length within the first 6 months.
- Abiliti™ 1-Day lenses are not traditional concentric ring presbyopic design lenses1. Abiliti™ 1-Day lenses are a breakthrough innovation specifically designed to slow myopia progression in children and have been shown to reduce axial elongation by 0.105mm on average over a 6-month period
- The lenses are built from silicone hydrogel (senofilcon A) lens material, the same material as ACUVUE® OASYS 1-Day contact lenses, which have never been beaten in comfort
Let’s Protect Your Child’s Vision
Early intervention through regular eye exams and myopia control therapy is the best way to maintain healthy eyes and vision preservation for your child. To learn more about this topic, and to calculate your child’s future myopia based on their specific risk factors, visit:
www.myopia.care or www.MyKidsVision.org
You can also sign up for the Myopia App. This digital device app measures how closely the device is being held and darkens the screen if it’s held too close, revealing the screen again when it’s held back at the ideal distance or further. Developed by a partnership of scientists and optometrists, early research on this app has shown it effectively modifies screen time behavior, making a dramatically positive difference to the demand placed on the eyes.
To learn more about children’s vision and its importance to learning, click here.
A Word About Astigmatism
Astigmatism can accompany nearsightedness. It is the result of an eye that is shaped like a football. It causes light to be focused at two distances within the eye, instead of one. The one place light should be focused in order to have clear vision is the retina. Astigmatism can cause blurred vision at near and far distances. This can result in headaches, eyestrain, and squinting. Astigmatism can be corrected with either glasses or contact lenses.
Importance of Regular Exams
Vision is a gift and should never be taken for granted. Dr. Sciberras can detect eye disease in the absence of symptoms and can determine risk factors for future eye disease. Some of the symptoms your child may display in the presence of myopia includes frequent eye rubbing, squinting, sitting closer than normal for reading and viewing tasks, turning their head to the side, complaints of tired eyes, or inability to recognize signs or people from a distance.
Recommended Screen Time
- 0-2 years of age should have no screen time. Watching a screen at a young age can limit time for active play and learning, reduce opportunities for language development and inhibit their attention skills.
- Children aged 2-5 years should have a maximum of 1 hour per day. Infants, toddlers and pre-schoolers should not be inactive or sedentary for more than one hour at a time, except for sleeping. In this age group, excessive screen time is associated with less outdoor, creative and active play time; poorer language skill development; poor social skills and an increased risk of obesity.
- Children of school age (5-17 years) should be limited to 2 hours of recreational screen time per day. When using screen-based electronics, positive social interaction and experiences are encouraged. Sleep is also so important in this age group. Children aged 5-13 years should have an uninterrupted 9 to 11 hours of sleep per night and 8 to 10 hours per night for those aged 14–17 years. Consistent bed and wake-up times are very helpful, as are restricting screen time 2 hours before bed and removing screens from the bedroom where possible.
- Apply the 20-20 Rule: take a break from reading or screen time every 20 minutes for 20 seconds. He or she should look across the room to relax the focusing muscles in the eyes before commencing near viewing. This can be managed as a break between book chapters, between Netflix episodes for tweens and teens, or timers set for younger children.
Book your child’s next eye exam here. Your vision matters to us.
