How do immigrants, who do not understand the English alphabet, get new eyeglasses when they cannot read the letters (on the eye chart)?
by 
Abraxis
ANSWERS: 4
-
I can think of some funny answers, but to keep it serious I'll give my thoughts. If an immigrant does not understand the alphabet they are most likely to not understand English much at all, and certainly will be unable to communicate proerly in English. A trip to an ocular specialist who speaks only English, then would be fruitless. Luckily, there are many opticians who speak other languages, many as their first language, and the local CAB or Benefit Agency could direct them to those wonderful people. Alternatively they can return to their country of origin and be tested there. Of course, in practice there are 'better or worse' tests, and if they can understand that much they can be given a reasonable approximation of the prescription they require.
-
I remember getting eye tests in school in kindergarten and first grade. Instead of letters, the chart had a series of symbols that looked like the letter E. The symbols were all rotated in different directions. I then pointed in the direction each symbol was pointing to show that I could read them. The chart had rows of different sizes, just like the eye charts with letters.
-
Your question is based on a false assumption. There are several non-english languages that still use the same alphabet. As an example, Spanish speaking people use the same "a" or "e" or "s" that english speaking people use. Not understanding the language doesn't mean they don't understand or use the same letters. Also, you either don't wear glasses, or your eye doctor uses a completely different method than mine. The doctor starts out having you look through a "normal vision" lense, then changes lenses and asks "which looks better?" ,to reach your optimum vision. What you are looking at doesn't have to be letters. It could be numbers, pictures, or squares and circles and still have the same results.
-
Good point, but id imagine that they would test their eyes in the same way as they do a very young child who cannot yet read, its only a guess, Opticians are able to get a persons persciption correct, even using the special lights which they shine into ones eyes to get a more percise reading of a persons perscription, i hope that this has helped you with your Question.
RELATED QUESTIONS
Copyright 2023, Wired Ivy, LLC