Westland Eye Care
270 70 McLeod Ave

Happy holidays!! We wish you a healthy and happy holiday season!

Have you ever done an eye test on a red and green screen? Your optometrist wasn’t dealing with a technical issue; they were conducting a bichrome test! This is... done to refine the final prescription and utilizes a natural phenomenon called chromatic aberration. Chromatic aberration in the eye is due to the different wavelengths of light that enter the eye. Green light is a shorter wavelength, and is refracted more than red, therefore green light is focused in front of where the red light will focus in the eye. This will affect the clarity of the letters that appear either on the red side, or the green side. By adjusting the lenses in front of your eyes, we aim to make sure that the letters are equally clear on both sides, ultimately allowing us to refine your prescription! Read more here: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1469739/ Avez-vous déjà fait un examen oculaire sur un écran rouge et vert ? Votre optométriste n’avait pas de problème informatique, il faisait un test bichrome ! Le test bichrome précise la prescription finale en utilisant un phénomène optique naturel nommé l’aberration chromatique. L’aberration chromatique dans l’œil est causée par les longueurs d’ondes qui traversent les yeux. La lumière verte est une longueur d’onde plus courte et elle donc est réfractée plus rapidement que la lumière rouge. La lumière verte se focalise donc devant l’endroit où la lumière rouge se focalise dans l’œil.

Although you can’t see us smiling, we are! Happy to still be working during these uncertain times and serving our fantastic community

Meet some of our team! Laura, Allison and Jeovalyn and our office puppy!