Visually Impaired / Low Vision
Low Vision Aids and Vision Therapy - For the Visually Impaired and Legally Blind
Low Vision Aids can maximize your remaining usable vision when conventional glasses or contact lenses are not sufficient to help you to see more than 20/70 in your better eye or if you are legally blind. Visual conditions that can lead to visual impairment include: macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, visual loss due to stroke or craniotomy, trauma, and congenital vision problems.
Low Vision aids can help with:
- Difficulty reading regular sized or small print
- Blurry distance vision (bus signs, front of classroom or television)
- Poor night vision
- Performing daily tasks such as cooking, sewing or walking
- Sensitivity to glare
- Driving
- Loss of side vision
Low Vision Aids are designed for a specific task or group of tasks. It is rare for a single pair of glasses to be sufficient to see at different distances, in different lighting conditions or for different activities. Dr. Monetta will prescribe patients the following types of Low Vision Aids combined with Vision Therapy to retrain the eyes and significantly improve vision:
- Telescopes
- Bioptic telescopes (telescope for driving)
- Magnifiers for reading
- Microscopes for reading
- Field expanders
- Glare filters
- Task lighting
- Computer aids
- Closed-circuit television reading systems.