This reminds me of the phenomena where individuals with mild-moderate acquired hearing loss often don't realize they're somewhat impaired, until they take a hearing test. The brain is very adept at piecing together incomplete/inaccurate information and contextual clues into a cohesive message.
Aaron Swartz used to do this:<p>- <a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001083" rel="nofollow">http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/001083</a><p>- <a href="http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000432" rel="nofollow">http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/000432</a>
Apparently has something to do with this: <a href="http://www.cogsci.nl/blog/miscellaneous/226-can-you-brain-train-your-way-to-perfect-eyesight" rel="nofollow">http://www.cogsci.nl/blog/miscellaneous/226-can-you-brain-tr...</a>
I've been experimenting with this chart that claims good results in reversing presbyopia:
<a href="http://www.robert-silverman.net/presbeninst.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.robert-silverman.net/presbeninst.htm</a>
I've only tried it a few times, but there were temporary noticeable results.
Unfortunately there are no quick fixes for my floaters that have gotten worse over the years.
My optometrist told me about this 30 years ago. He called it learning to "interpret the blur." He also encouraging people to use glasses as little as possible so that the eye muscles don't get lazy. It may not eliminate myopia, but it can slow it down, especially in the milder cases.
I made a little playground "game" for training with gabor patches if someone would like to try, if it will improve your sight.<p>(hide the menu)<p><a href="https://kjaku.github.io/eye/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://kjaku.github.io/eye/index.html</a>
I just discovered the other day that I had unknowingly achieved this. Used to dealing with a phone display, I was reading a book which was blurry but I wanted to read faster, so I just did and was surprised to be able to comprehend everything.
Given the eyestrain I get when reading without reading glasses (when wearing contacts) and without contacts, no.<p>I get enough headaches without adding to them by intentionally not using purpose-made tools.
I haven't tried the glasses-off product yet, past their demonstration pages, but I did practice this technique for a while based on the recommendations of a friend who similarly discovered it.<p>The "trick" as I see it is to become comfortable enough with the appearance of blurry text, and be relaxed enough so your eyes aren't constantly trying to focus, and straining the muscles. Once your eyes relax, it's amazing how well a person who's already a proficient reader can get enough information out of blurry text to read at normal speeds. In fact after a while, my brain kicks in and I'd swear that the text is sharp, even though if I pay too much attention it will appear blurry again as I realize my mind is playing tricks on me.
The only supporting studies on this method are authored by URI Polat, the Chief Science Officer of GlassesOff.<p><a href="https://www.crunchbase.com/person/uri-polat" rel="nofollow">https://www.crunchbase.com/person/uri-polat</a><p>Apply grains of salt liberally.