China News Service, Shanghai, February 16 (Reporter Chen Jing) Does practicing the piano since childhood really hurt your eyes?
In response to the rumors that "ten piano children, nine are short-sighted." Yang Yong, an ophthalmologist, said bluntly in an interview with a reporter from Chinanews.com on the 16th: "Actually, what really causes children's myopia is the wrong eye habit during piano practice. It means 'close distance, long time'." He suggested following the "20-20-20 principle" to avoid visual fatigue.
The expert said that learning the piano is a good thing to cultivate sentiment and develop intelligence, but it is not difficult to find that the notes on the piano score are often printed very small and dense.
In order not to play wrong, children need to stare at the notes for a long time and at a close distance, and the eyes are prone to problems such as fatigue and dryness, and myopia will also follow.
Yang Yong said frankly that nowadays, children learn piano at a relatively young age. Parents often ignore the fact that long-term piano practice takes up a lot of children's outdoor activity time, which leads to the occurrence of myopia.
Nowadays, with the popularization of eye knowledge, many parents have begun to realize that using electronic products for a long time can damage their eyesight, and they have begun to control the length of time their children use electronic products.
Yang Yong said that playing the piano, reading, and painting are also close-range eyesight. If children stay in a small indoor space for a long time, use their eyes at close range, and lack outdoor activities, they are also prone to myopia.
As a myopia prevention and control expert from Shanghai Aier Eye Department, Yang Yong pointed out that it is recommended for children to follow the "20-20-20 principle" for practicing the piano, that is, practice the piano for about 20 minutes, rest for 20 seconds, and move toward 20 feet (about 6 meters). It is advisable to look out from a distance, so that the child does not have visual fatigue.
Parents can minimize the probability of myopia during piano practice by enlarging the piano score, adjusting the child's sitting position, and ensuring sufficient lighting.
The expert also emphasizes "natural remedies", that is: outdoor sports with at least 2 hours of sunshine a day.
He explained that sufficient sunlight can stimulate the retina to secrete dopamine, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of myopia and prevent and control the development of myopia.
Yang Yong told reporters that common myopia can be predicted in advance.
He said that most children before the age of six or seven have low-grade hyperopia, and their refractive status will change with the development of the eyeball. Therefore, the abnormal refractive development can be detected in time, and the children should be checked regularly to improve the refractive development file. is very necessary.
He said that during childhood, regular eye examinations should be done every year or half a year, and a file of refractive development should be established.
It is reported that the refractive development file is an eye development assessment for the child's eyes to see if the child has myopia, hyperopia and astigmatism.
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