Australia is grappling with a short-sightedness pandemic that may escalate, given our reliance on technology.

Lecturer in Psychology and Neuroscience at RMIT Dr Loretta Vocale joined Julie-anne Sprague on 6PR Afternoons to discuss the rising short-sightedness pandemic.

“The problem we are seeing is children as young as five are needing glasses, so it’s becoming quite a big problem,” Dr Vocale said.

“One thing that came out of the pandemic, the rate of short-sightedness significantly rose, and we can sort of attribute this to home schooling and kids being on devices. So that constant near work or focusing on things up close can drive the progression of Myopia.”

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