{"id":440,"date":"2019-09-19T13:46:23","date_gmt":"2019-09-19T13:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beta.payneglasses.com\/blog\/?p=440"},"modified":"2022-09-23T04:26:36","modified_gmt":"2022-09-23T08:26:36","slug":"how-do-i-read-my-prescription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.payneglasses.com\/blog\/how-do-i-read-my-prescription\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Read My Prescription?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
After your eye exam, your eye doctor will give you a piece of paper with your eyeglass prescription. They may have mentioned that one of your eyes is weaker than the other, that you’re nearsighted, farsighted or have astigmatism despite explaining that to you, however, the actual prescription they hand you may seem like gibberish and make little sense to the general public at first glance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What do those terms, numbers and letters all mean on the prescription? You might have noticed those little abbreviated terms on the prescription such as, OD, OS, SPH, and CYL, what do those mean? Here is a brief overview of how to understand your prescription after leaving your eye doctor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n