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Definition:
Vision-The faculty or state of being able to see.

Example:
In late adulthood blood flow decreases to the eyes, which produces a blind spot on the retina, which reduces a persons field of vision. Since people's vision is reduced, they need to use reading glasses to read.(490)

Presbyopia is one of the common diagnosis's among aging people. 2% of people under 65 suffer from cataracts. The rate of sufferers over 65 is 20 times the amount of people under it.

Vision loss has a greater negative effect on an elderly adult's sense of well being.

Analogies:
Vision is to a deaf person as Hearing is to a blind person. But when you are senile, you lose all of these senses.

In the News:
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