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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Health

‘We’ve doubled our detection of glaucoma’: the new technology transforming eye health

Close up shot of a woman getting her eyes tested by a machine
Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is a relatively new technology that has significantly improved detection rates for serious conditions such as diabetes and glaucoma. Photograph: Specsavers

Many of the Australians that Specsavers optometrist Simon Kelly treats aren’t aware that anything is wrong with their eye health until they come in for a check-up.

“Probably about half of the time when I’m seeing patients, they don’t know the issues that they have in their eyes,” Kelly says.

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