Accommodation
Accommodation is the ability of the lens of the eye to change shape, allowing for a change in focus from far to near. The lens, which is flexible, becomes more round to bring near objects into focus and flattens to bring distant objects into focus.
With age, the lens of the eye loses some of its flexibility, reducing the ability to accommodate. This usually happens around age 45 and is called presbyopia.
| Author: | Jeannette Curtis |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Christopher J. Rudnisky, MD, FRCSC - Ophthalmology |
| Last Updated: November 23, 2007 | |
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