A person who specializes in the preparation of corrective lenses.
A qualified person who specialises in making glasses and in testing eyes and prescribing lenses.
Person who examines eyes.
A health professional who specializes in grinding and fitting eyeglasses or contact lenses, according to prescriptions given by an optometrist or ophthalmologist.
Person who grinds and fits eyeglasses and contact lenses by prescription.
Expert who fills prescriptions for eyeglasses and contact lenses.
A technician trained to grind lenses for glasses and contacts. Opticians do not examine eyes for disease or focusing problems. Rather, they fill prescriptions for glasses and contact lenses written by ophthalmologists and optometrists.
Someone who fits and sells glasses or contact lenses. An ophthalmic optician (optometrist) is trained to perform eye examinations to test for long- and short-sightedness and to prescribe corrective lenses, but they do not treat disorders of the eye, referring such patients to a family doctor or ophthalmologist.
One who is a specialist in filling prescriptions for corrective lenses for eyeglasses and contact lenses.
An individual specialized in fitting and selling eyeglasses and contact lenses. Known as an optometrist or ophthalmic optician, they assess eyes for conditions like myopia (nearsightedness), hypermetropia (farsightedness), presbyopia (age-related difficulty in focusing), and astigmatism (irregular shape of the cornea). Optometrists also screen for eye diseases like glaucoma and will direct patients to ophthalmologists when necessary.