According to this year's study, eight out of every ten students tested at a rural Chinese primary school in Bentong had vision impairments, roughly 60% being myopic (short-sighted) and 16% hyperopic (far-sighted). The four scientists who worked on the study expressed concern that more rural children were suffering from eyesight difficulties. Quoting from The Star's article, Growing vision problems, published Monday, 08 Aug 2022, “Under Covid-19 pandemic conditions, teaching and learning is mostly conducted online. The learning environment is dependent on visual display units such as desktops and laptop computers or through portable devices such as mobile telephones. “Different screen sizes of these devices make near-vision tasks a challenge, resulting in longer viewing times. This situation can cause fatigue to the visual system – previous studies showed that excessive near-vision tasks can accelerate the progression of myopia,” the scientists said in their report. The research team, led by Prof Datuk Dr Rokiah Omar of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, published their research earlier this year in Malaysian Family Physician, the journal of the Academy of Family Physicians of Malaysia and Family Medicine Specialists Association of Malaysia. Get the Care You Need. We at Optimax care for you 💙 #OptimaxEyeSpecialistCentre #EyeSpecialist #OphthalmologistMalaysia #MacularDegeneration #Eyehealth #Eyecare #AWholeNewWorld #EyeSight #NewVisionNewLife #MyEyes #MyLife #MyHealth #EyeSpecialist #EyeDisease #Amblyopia #KidsEyes