20 THINGS YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT EYECARE

To celebrate 20 years’ as a leading eye care specialist, Patrick & Menzies has created a list of 20 things you never knew about eyes:

1. Patrick & Menzies has given an estimated 135,000 eye examinations, and 80,000 dispenses over their 20 years’ in business.
2. In a normal life span, your eyes will bring you almost 24 million images of the world.
3. There’s an estimated 45 million blind people, and 135 million visually impaired people in the world. 90 per cent of all blind people live in developing countries.*

4. Patrick & Menzies offers specialist services to sports professionals and amateurs and are registered with the British Olympic Association and SportVision UK.
5. It’s believed that less than 50 per cent of glaucoma sufferers know they have the disease.*
6. Janet Street-Porter was voted the most-sexiest spectacle wearer in 2004!
7. Patrick & Menzies was a runner-up in the prestigious Opticians Award for Business Initiative in 2007.
8. Patrick & Menzies offers state-of-the-art Vision in Learning facilities for schoolchildren suffering with dyslexia.
9. Vision contributes towards 85% of your total knowledge.
10. 1 in 5 school children could improve their reading by using colour filters^.

Source: * Unite for Site, Inc. ^ University of Essex

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