Iiglasi ze-bifocal zilungele ukusetyenziswa ngabantu abadala, kwaye banokufikelela ekuboneni kufutshane nakude. Xa umntu ekwaluphala, amehlo akhe aya kutshabalala, namehlo akhe aya kuba luthuthu. Kwaye iiglasi ezimbini zinokunceda abantu abadala babone kude kwaye babone kufutshane.
I-lens ephindwe kabini ikwabizwa ngokuba yi-bifocal lens, equka ikakhulu ilensi enomphezulu omcaba, ilensi ephezulu engqukuva kunye nelensi engabonakaliyo.
Iilensi zeeglasi ze-bifocal ziyafuneka ukubandakanya i-hyperopia diopta, i-myopia diopter okanye ukukhanya. Umgama womfundi, kufutshane nomgama womfundi.