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Assessing the eye and ear

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Accommodation   The ability of the eye to adjust to variations in distance  
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Cerumen   Earwax  
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Convergence   Moving the eyes inward toward the nose to see an object close to the face  
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Corneal Reflex   Closure of the eye (blinking) due to corneal irritation  
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Hyperopia   (farsightedness) A condition in which the eyeball is short, causing the image to focus behind the retina  
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Myopia   (nearsightedness) A condition in which the eyeball is elongated, causing the image to focus in front of the retina instead of on it  
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Presbyopia   Impaired near vision resulting from a loss of elasticity of the lens in the eye  
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Pupillary light reflex   Reflex in which the pupil contracts in response to a bright light  
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Refraction   The bending of light rays as they pass from one medium to another of different optical density  
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