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The ability for the eye to increase its positive power thereby facilitating the normal eye to focus on objects nearer the viewer. This is necessary when reading, for example. As we get older the amount of accommodation possible reduces due to a loss of elasticity within the eye and reading may become more difficult, necessitating extra help for reading, generally in the form of spectacles.

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