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Scan Magazine | Special Theme | Welfare Technology in Norway
ABOVE: Pro Cornea Spesiallinser offer special contact lenses that can help relieve symptoms of a number of conditions. RIGHT: Example of ripple-distortion, as someone with dyslexia may perceive text. ChromaGen™ lenses can help improve the condition.
A new outlook on life Where welfare technology is concerned, few areas of development are more important than that of sight. Moreover, these developments prove particularly important when they concern conditions that prove hindering in everyday situations. At Pro Cornea Spesiallinser, those suffering from colour deficiency or certain types of dyslexia can find life-changing help in the shape of ChromaGen™ contact lenses. By Julie Lindén | Photos: Pro Cornea Spesiallinser
“These contacts really can change people’s lives,” says Kristine Brettingen Johansen, founder of Pro Cornea Spesiallinser. “The earlier one starts the better, but unfortunately a lot of people aren’t aware that some of these conditions can actually be improved by special contact lenses.” One of the groups who can benefit from ChromaGen™ lenses are those suffering from colour deficiency. In these cases, ChromaGen™ works as a coloured filter of a specific density and hue, which changes the wavelength of each colour, enhancing colour perception and discrimination. Trials report that over 97 per cent of colour deficient people reported significant enhancements to their colour vision when
children’s sense of mastering their future and academic prospects,” says Johansen. Pro Cornea Spesiallinser also cater to other sight deficiencies. A few examples: - Poor contrast vision or insufficient night vision can be a result of too little macular pigmentation in the eye. MacuShield is a supplement containing the exact same nutrients found in the eye, thereby strengthening this pigmentation.
using the lenses. “This can be of help in terms of safety. Imagine something like being able to clearly distinguish between colours of traffic lights,” notes Johansen, adding: “Also, think of school children, learning by use of colours in class.”
– Those suffering from dry, itching, or sore eyes, or excessive tearing, can find long-lasting help in the German Hylo® rewetting drop series, while efficient treatment can also be sourced in the EyeBag heat treatment.
However, ChromaGen™ has also proved beneficial for certain sufferers from dyslexia. This is because the lenses are able to slow down the eyes’ light perception, and balance the signal sent from the eyes along neurological pathways to the brain, altogether allowing the brain to process information more easily. “What we hope is that more people will learn the life-changing effects of ChromaGen™, and introduce this option earlier in life to dyslexics. This has an immense effect on
– People who suffer from immense light sensitivity, which may lead to strong headaches or epileptic seizures, can find life-changing help in dark, tinted lenses. Pro Cornea Spesiallinser deliver products to opticians/optometrists in Norway. For more information, please visit: procornea.no dyslexia-help.co.uk www.opplagteoyne.no www.eyebagcompany.com
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