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<h1 class="wp-block-heading article-audio"><strong>Ferdinand Monoyer</strong></h1>
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<p class="subtitle">Entre optométrie et accessibilité musicale</p>
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<p>Ferdinand Monoyer est un ophtalmologue français né le 9 mai 1836 à Lyon et décédé le 11 juillet 1912 à Paris. Il est connu pour ses contributions dans le domaine de l’optométrie et de l’ophtalmologie.</p>
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<p>Monoyer étudie la médecine à la faculté de Lyon. Il obtient son diplôme en 1859. Il poursuit ses recherches en ophtalmologie et devient professeur à la faculté de médecine de Strasbourg.&nbsp;</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">L’<strong>échelle</strong> de Monoyer</h2>
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<p>Quand vous allez chez l’opticien, vous utilisez l’échelle de Monoyer, une invention de Ferdinand Monoyer.&nbsp; C’est un <strong>tableau</strong> utilisé pour mesurer l’<strong>acuité</strong> visuelle. Cette échelle, toujours utilisée aujourd’hui, <strong>comporte</strong> des <strong>rangées</strong> de lettres de <strong>tailles</strong> variables. <strong>Lors d</strong>’un examen de la <strong>vue</strong>, le patient doit identifier les lettres à une certaine distance pour évaluer la <strong>netteté</strong> de sa vision.</p>
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<p>Pendant sa <strong>carrière</strong>, Monoyer propose la standardisation des tests visuels. Il propose l’utilisation de l’unité de mesureappelée “dioptrie” pour quantifier la <strong>puissance</strong> des <strong>lentilles</strong> correctrices. Cette proposition contribue à l’uniformisation des prescriptions de <strong>lunettes</strong> et de <strong>lentilles de contact</strong>.</p>
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<p>Ferdinand Monoyer laisse un héritage durable dans le domaine de l’ophtalmologie et de l’optométrie. Son échelle <strong>demeure</strong> un <strong>outil</strong> essentiel pour les professionnels de la <strong>santé </strong>visuelle.&nbsp; Sa vision <strong>novatrice</strong> nous aide à évaluer et <strong>corriger</strong> les problèmes de vision aujourd’hui.</p>
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<p class="has-text-align-center"><strong><em>Le saviez-vous?<br></em></strong></p>
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<p>Si vous lisez les lettres de bas en haut sur la gauche, vous pouvez lire le mot “Monoyer”.</p>
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<p>De bas en haut sur la droite, le mot est “Ferdinand”.</p>
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<h2 class="wp-block-heading">Le braille musical</h2>
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<p>Passionné de <strong>peinture</strong>, de musique et de <strong>poésie</strong>, Ferdinand Monoyer décide de <strong>s’investir </strong>dans un autre projet: la création d’une <strong>méthode d’apprentissage</strong> de la musique pour les <strong>aveugles</strong>.&nbsp; Sa sensibilité <strong>envers</strong> les <strong>besoins</strong> des personnes <strong>malvoyantes</strong> le <strong>conduit à</strong> explorer des approches uniques pour rendre la musique accessible à tous.</p>
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<p>La méthode de Monoyer <strong>repose sur</strong> l’utilisation du braille musical, un système tactile de notation musicale destiné aux personnes aveugles ou malvoyantes. Le braille musical représente les notes, les <strong>accords</strong> et d’autres éléments musicaux par des symboles <strong>en relief</strong>.&nbsp; Ce système <strong>permet aux</strong> musiciens aveugles de lire et d’interpréter la musique avec leurs <strong>doigts</strong>.</p>
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<p>La méthode d’apprentissage du braille musical <strong>témoigne du</strong> <strong>dévouement</strong> de Ferdinand Monoyer à <strong>améliorer</strong> la qualité de vie de ses <strong>contemporains</strong> et des générations futures.&nbsp;</p>
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<p><strong><em>échelle (nf)</em></strong><em> - chart</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>tableau (nm)</em></strong><em> - table</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>acuité (nf)</em></strong><em> - acuteness</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>comporter (v) </em></strong><em>- to include</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>rangée (nf) </em></strong><em>- row</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>taille (nf) </em></strong><em>- size</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>lors de (loc prép) </em></strong><em>- during</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>vue (nf)</em></strong><em> - eyesight</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>netteté (nf)</em></strong><em> - clearness</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>carrière (nf)</em></strong><em> - career</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>puissance (nf) </em></strong><em>- power</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>lentille (nf)</em></strong><em> - lens</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>lunettes (nfpl) </em></strong><em>- glasses</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>lentilles (nfpl) de contact</em></strong><em> - contact lenses</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>demeurer (v)</em></strong><em> - to remain</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>outil (nm) </em></strong><em>- tool</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>santé (nf) </em></strong><em>- health</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>novateur, trice (adj) </em></strong><em>- innovative</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>corriger (v)</em></strong><em> - to correct</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>peinture (nf) </em></strong><em>- paint</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>poésie (nf)</em></strong><em> - poetry</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>s’investir (v) </em></strong><em>- to be involved</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>méthode (nf) d’apprentissage</em></strong><em> - learning method</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>aveugle (nmf) </em></strong><em>- blind</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>envers (prép) </em></strong><em>- towards</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>besoin (nm)</em></strong><em> - need</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>malvoyant, e (adj)</em></strong><em> - partially sighted</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>conduire (v) à</em></strong><em> - to lead to&nbsp;</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>reposer (v) sur </em></strong><em>- to be based on</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>accord (nm) </em></strong><em>- chord</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>en relief (loc adv)</em></strong><em> - embossed</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>permettre (v) à</em></strong><em> - to allow</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>doigt (nm) </em></strong><em>- finger</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>témoigner (v) de</em></strong><em> - to attest</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>dévouement (nm) </em></strong><em>- dedication</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>améliorer (v)</em></strong><em> - to improve&nbsp;</em></p>
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<p><strong><em>contemporain (nm), </em></strong><strong><em>contemporaine (nf) </em></strong><em>- contemporary</em></p>
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