There have been contact lenses and glasses that alter the intensity or contrast among colors that the color blind person can see.
Can colorblindness be corrected with glasses.
The enchroma cx glasses were originally designed for doctors to wear during surgery.
Inherited colorblindness also called color vision deficiency has no cure today.
As vibrant as leaves and bricks now appear when presented with a color blindness test both my brother and i still fail.
But for some people with milder forms of red green colorblindness specially formulated color correcting eyeglasses may improve contrast between some colors.
One treatment involves special glasses which can change depending on what type of color blindness you have.
As mentioned above not all color blindness correction glasses work on all types of color blindness.
Researchers in the san francisco bay area recently discovered that the glasses they had designed for surgeons could also help alleviate the symptoms of colorblindness.
It should be stated that the enchroma glasses do not cure color blindness.
This accidental discovery is helping the color blind see color and is transforming vision research.
The results vary depending on the type and extent of a person s color vision deficiency.
Color blindness correction glasses have tinted lenses that can remove certain wavelengths of light so you can distinguish between colors more easily.