<prompt> The eye in the newborn is:Hypermetropic with regular astigmatismHypermetropiaHypermetropic with irregular astigmatismMyopia  <response>: At bih, eye is hypermetropic by 2 to 3D and usually becomes emmetropic by the age of 5 to 7 years This is because of smaller eyeball Eyeball length at bih is 16mm. 