Ocular Higher-Order Aberrations in Eyes With Supernormal Vision

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In the article by Levy and associates, 1 Levy Y. Segal O. Avni I. Zadok D. Ocular higher-order aberrations in eyes with supernormal vision. Am J Ophthalmol. 2005; 139: 225-228 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (103) Google Scholar the authors reported on the study of ocular higher-order aberrations in eyes with supernormal vision. It is a very interesting study, and the authors concluded that individuals with natural supernormal vision have an amount of higher order aberrations (HOA) similar in magnitude to those revealed in refractive surgery myopic patients. Therefore, not all aberrations are bad, and not all HOA should be eliminated during laser refractive surgery. ReplyAmerican Journal of OphthalmologyVol. 140Issue 5PreviewWe appreciate the careful reading of the manuscript by Dr Cheng and associates. We agree that the pupil size of the reported values of ocular higher-order aberrations (HOAs) of myopic eyes should have been mentioned in our article.1–3 These reported values were obtained across 6 mm pupils, similar to our study eyes with supernormal vision.1–3 Our study was not designed to evaluate changes of HOAs and visual acuity with various pupil sizes. We only compared the HOAs values of our study eyes with supernormal vision to the reported values of myopic eyes. Full-Text PDF