# Does President Obama use reading glasses?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-obama-use-reading-glasses/747120>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 25, 2016, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-obama-use-reading-glasses/747120 "2016-02-25T18:45:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-obama-use-reading-glasses/747120/21 "2016-02-26T05:29:49Z")

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Yeah, I’m 50 and my close-up vision is excellent. I’ve worn glasses for myopia since I was a teenager, though. I take glasses off for reading or other close-up work.

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**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\
**Post date:** [February 26, 2016, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-president-obama-use-reading-glasses/747120/22 "2016-02-26T07:13:12Z")

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> [@Shakester](#):
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> Yeah, I’m 50 and my close-up vision is excellent. I’ve worn glasses for myopia since I was a teenager, though. I take glasses off for reading or other close-up work.

I am 52 and it’s was the same for me. Then I got progressives but the bottom part that I use for reading has no correction. My 78 year old mother is the same. We can both take off our glasses and read the print on the back of a sugar packet in a dark restaurant without glasses.

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