Although tablets, computers, or television are not directly harmful to the eyes, their heavy use causes visual problems.
“Unhook your eyes from your phone”, “Don’t watch your movie in the dark on your tablet, you’ll ruin your eyesight”, “You’ll end up wearing glasses watching so much TV”, which parent didn’t not already said one of these sentences to his teenager who is totally addicted to screens. Well they were all almost fake. Eye health specialists today all agree that none of our screens are directly harmful to the eyes. They send absolutely no waves that could damage eyesight as some still believe. However, it would already be necessary for people who have a vision correction to wear the door, when they use a screen. A survey carried out by Opinion Way for the National Association for the Improvement of Sight (Asnav) shows that 22% of eyeglass wearers do not wear them in front of the television and 14% do not do so in front of the computer at work or at school.
Listen to Professor Gilles Renard, from the French Society of Ophthalmology: ” This is problematic for people who need correction and force to see the screen. They lead to abnormal visual fatigue while wearing glasses would solve the problem.
Screens are therefore not directly dangerous for sight, but what poses a problem, however, is the misuse of more and more children and even adults. In the survey carried out for Asnav, we see, for example, that the French spend 2:10 daily in front of the television, 2:17 on the computer and 33 minutes on their phone screen. Prolonged use that eye health specialists denounce because people generally do not take the necessary precautions to prevent visual fatigue. Moreover, 30% of French people say they suffer from visual fatigue against 19% in 2012.
Listen to Bertrand Roy, Chairman of Asnav : ” We recommend, for example, when you are at the office, to rest your eyes, to lift your nose from your screen and look as far as possible. “
Experts from the National Association for the Improvement of Sight also recommend observing minimum distances between eyes and screens. Whether with computers, tablets or phones, there should always be a minimum distance of 30 to 40 cm between the eyes and the screen. They add that you always have to think about harmonizing the light of the room in which you use the screen. For example for someone who works on a computer in the dark, it is essential to remember to light at least, a small desk lamp.
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