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did anyone find these ridiculous.
eye tests for me involved either reading through 100% fine till you reached the letters that NO-ONE could see then just guessing in between giggles and knowing looks from my mother.
ear tests involved me being asked to raise my hand when i heard an LFO noise.
i got repremanded once for raising my arm at the wrong time (err there's no sound yet - but i didn't feel silly i was just humouring them and their pathetic aattempts to misdiagnose me with something) my hearing was so good i could hear the vibrations between the earphone and my ear drum so why they were blasting waveforms into my ear i never knew.
eye tests for me involved either reading through 100% fine till you reached the letters that NO-ONE could see then just guessing in between giggles and knowing looks from my mother.
ear tests involved me being asked to raise my hand when i heard an LFO noise.
i got repremanded once for raising my arm at the wrong time (err there's no sound yet - but i didn't feel silly i was just humouring them and their pathetic aattempts to misdiagnose me with something) my hearing was so good i could hear the vibrations between the earphone and my ear drum so why they were blasting waveforms into my ear i never knew.
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optiticians and doctors will know more about your eyes and ears that what you will
well you were clearly there for a reason.
don't bother wasting nhs time and money if you say you can hear perfectly fine. :mad:
Shame that there wasn't an early test for being a dumbass...
i've had hearing problems all my life and needed appointments like that.
Actually, up until earlier this year I'd always been able to read all of the letters perfectly fine. I went this year and couldn't. The optician did some test with reading a book with me with some lenses in, and the minute he took the lenses out of my glasses while I was still in full flow I reared back because the words blurred right up.
He'd been able to work out what I needed (glasses) why (long sighted) and the strength just from me reading a chart and guessing once with lenses? I'd say they're bloody clever, and valuable.
(Not that I ever remember to wear my glasses. I do have them on now though)
Ballerina is right - opticians know more about your eyes than you do.