EnChroma Makes New Indoor Color Blind Glasses Available to the Public

EnChroma, Inc. – creators of the leading eyewear solution for color blindness – today announced a new lens offering: the EnChroma® Cx1 Indoor DT, an improved indoor lens designed specifically for Deutan-type color blindness, now available for purchase online at EnChroma.com. The new glasses, available in adult and kids frame styles, and in prescription for those who need refractive correction, had previously only been available from eyecare professionals through the EnChroma Authorized Retailer network in the U.S., Europe, and Canada.

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EnChroma® Cx1 Indoor DT lens for the most common type of color blindness (Photo: Business Wire)

Individuals with Deutan-type color blindness (estimated to be 75% of the color blind population, also called deuteranomalous color vision deficiency) have a green-sensitive cone that is shifted toward longer wavelengths, resulting in an excessive overlap with the red cone signal. The overlapping signals in the eye causes colors, which to most appear as distinct and different, to appear much more similar and often confused. Common color confusions include green and yellow, gray and pink, and purple and blue. A typical person with Deutan-type color vision deficiency is estimated to see about 10% of the one million shades that a person with normal color vision can see.

“Our EnChroma Cx1 Indoor DT lens has been tested extensively over the past year in our worldwide network of eye care professionals,” said Andrew Schmeder, Co-founder and CEO of EnChroma. “As we hoped, the new indoor lens performs well under a wider range of indoor lighting conditions and has optimized color balance for the needs of the Deutan’s retinal physiology. This product complements our popular outdoor lenses to bring more color into the lives of people with this extremely common type of color vision deficiency.”

The EnChroma Indoor DT is one of four lenses within the EnChroma Cx series: a collection of lens solutions engineered to address the most common types of color blindness across a diverse range of lighting conditions. Consistent with its predecessors, the new EnChroma Cx1 Indoor DT lens is also made with Trivex lens material, providing 100% UV protection and full prescription compatibility for those who need refractive correction.

“EnChroma stands far above the crowd in terms of the cutting-edge science and engineering skill that goes into all EnChroma color blind eyewear products,” said Rufus Heeren and Iris Verstappen of Unique Optiek & Optometrie, an EnChroma Authorized Retailer based in Tegelen, the Netherlands.

Color blindness affects 350 million people worldwide – 1 in 12 men and 1 in 200 women. EnChroma’s patented lens technology is engineered with special optical filters to remove wavelengths of light where the red and green cones in the eye have excessive overlap. This enhances the separation between color channels to help those with color vision deficiency see colors more vibrantly, clearly and distinctly, helping them to overcome everyday obstacles and access more of life’s colorful experiences.

“We’re very excited that our EnChroma Indoor DT eyewear are now fully available to the public,” concluded Schmeder. “The EnChroma team shares a passion for making vibrant color accessible to color blind people everywhere, and this latest result from our ongoing research and development effort brings us closer to fulfilling that vision.”

About EnChroma

Based in Berkeley, Calif., EnChroma makes cutting-edge lens technology and eyewear for color blindness. Established in 2010 by a Ph.D. glass scientist and a mathematician, EnChroma’s revolutionary glasses combine the latest in color perception neuroscience and lens innovation to improve the lives of people with color vision deficiency around the world. EnChroma received a SBIR grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and earned the 2016 Tibbetts Award from the U.S. Small Business Administration in recognition of the firm’s innovative impact on the human experience through technology. EnChroma also received the 2017 Beacons of the Photonics Industry Award from Photonics Media. For more information call 510-497-0048 or visit EnChroma.com.

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