Aerobic Training Glasses: Can They Help Eyesight?

For people with imperfect vision, Aerobic Training Eyeglasses might sound like a dream come true. Wear the glasses for just 10 minutes a day and perform special eye-strengthening exercises, so the advertising claim goes, and you might improve your vision. The shaded glasses have tiny openings that change the way light enters the eye. Are the glasses worth the $22.90 price tag? Here are two views.

Larry Lindwall, president, Healthsyle, Huntington, N . Y . , distributor of the glasses :

“The eye muscles will relax (after using the glasses). Proper use of the glasses and regular eye exercises may reduce the need for glasses.”

Jay Schlanger, West Los Angeles optometrist :

“The glasses cause a pinhole effect. Light passes through very small holes, thus reducing blur. It gives the same effect as squinting. As soon as you take off the glasses, you’re back to the same vision problems.”