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Eye Clinic,
Medical Centre
88 Ahuza St
Ra'anana, Israel
Most people say that their sight is the most important of the 5 senses. There is certainly something unique about vision.
Many people lose their sense of smell in old age and aren't even aware of it. Losing your sense of taste may affect your quality of life, and can seriously affect socialising and food habits. It can lead to weight loss and depression, but few would compare it to losing their sight.
Losing the sense of touch can be life threatening. Diabetics develop numbness in their feet and as a result don't feel when their shoes are rubbing. Severe wounds and infections may develop which can lead to amputation. But ask them and they'll tell you that going blind would be worse.
Deafness too is a devastating disability. When occurring at a young age, or from birth, it severely affects speech development too. Communication and interpersonal relationship ramifications can severely impede life's opportunities, even when intellect is entirely normal.
Both hearing and visual deficits can be helped. The deaf use hearing aids, lip reading and learn sign language. Some are suitable for surgery which can be very successful, but few regain entirely normal hearing.
The commonest visual problem is a refractive (focusing) error correctable with glasses or contact lenses. However, today another option exists-permanent vision correction with laser. With more than 15 years follow up, millions have achieved normal vision in all aspects of their life, totally free of any visual aid.
Is vision the most important of the senses? I don't know, but I do know that it is the only one that can be enhanced by modern science.
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Dr Andrew Fink MD for
Ra'anana Eye Clinic, Israel
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