HOYA has re-launched SYNC in Phoenix so ECPs can help their patients combat the symptoms brought on by Computer Vision Syndrome (CVS) and Digital Eye Strain (DES).
“SYNC is part of a new category of lenses we have branded as ‘New Media Optics’,” says Barney Dougher, president of HOYA Vision Care, NA. “As a technology company, we are carefully watching how people use technology in their everyday lives. The impact of back-lit digital devices on your vision has several adverse affects. Visit your independent eyecare professional, they can take the time to properly diagnose CVS and prescribe SYNC.”
HOYA’s new SYNC lens is a single-vision alternative for younger patients including children and pre-presbyopes. The lens utilizes a front surface radial aspheric design with a back surface vertical aspheric component, allowing the user the added relaxation to help sustain prolonged amounts of near work. Thomas Gosling, OD, an early adaptor of SYNC, notes: “The eye has muscles that tense up as they try to focus on back-lit screens hour after hour. When those muscles lock up they cause a variety of uncomfortable symptoms. The added power in SYNC provides the accommodative relief patients need to improve blink rate and overall focus. Many people think they are becoming more near-sighted and need glasses for distance or increased add power. That’s often not the case. The muscles are strained and not able to shift to distance. SYNC has solved this issue for many of my patients.”
Dr. Gosling says that several of his younger patients receive SYNC with no other prescription. Availability in Phoenix material makes SYNC a safe and durable choice for children, as well.
As our youth progress further with the use of tablets scholastically, SYNC lenses will become more useful to relax this near demand. By using these lenses as a first response to patients under forty years of age who work at near more than half their day, fatigue can be reduced. In addition, this relaxation at near can bring added energy to the body as a whole. “SYNC is only available at independent practices,” reiterates Dougher, who says HOYA strongly believes patients will get the best care and best technological options from their local eyecare provider.
