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Philip Lempert, MD

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Beauchamp's editorial¹ asserts that amblyopia is associated with a significant decrement in quality of life. However, adults with amblyopia did not "regard themselves as ‘disabled’ and none of them attributed to amblyopia a problem they regarded as significant. . . . Patching appeared to have been responsible for more disabling effects than amblyopia itself."² Bullying and impaired social interactions related to patching are factors in reducing quality of life for children³ and in limited compliance.⁴

A retrospective demographic investigation found the following:

No functionally or clinically significant differences existed between people with and without amblyopia in educational outcomes, behavioral difficulties or social maladjustment, participation in social activities, unintended injuries (school, workplace, or road traffic accidents as driver), general or mental health and mortality, paid employment, or occupation-based social class trajectories.⁵

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Band-Aids and Amblyopia—Reply
George R. Beauchamp
Arch Ophthalmol. 2008;126(1):145-146.
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