ABO NOCE Basic Opticianry

Category - Ophthalmic Optics

The refraction that a patient likes the most is known as the:
  1. Comfortable refraction
  2. Subjective refraction
  3. Objective refraction
  4. Cyclopegic refraction
Explanation
Answer: B - Subjective refraction

The refraction that a patient likes the most is known as the subjective refraction. Typically, subjective refraction is a refinement of the objective refraction. It can be gathered by asking the patient to look through a phoropter at some type of screen or chart while the examiner switches through a variety of spherical and cylindrical lenses and asks the patient which one they prefer.
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