Low vision rehabilitation and services constitute a vital domain in ophthalmic care, aiming to maximise residual visual function through a synthesis of clinical expertise, technological innovation and ...

Low vision rehabilitation (LVR) can help people with geographic atrophy (GA) make the most of their remaining vision and adapt to daily life. Programs are personalized and may include visual aids, ...

Low vision can result from loss of macular function, with loss of peripheral vision or from loss of hemi-fields of vision such as in cases with stroke. Low vision rehabilitation (LVR) is the ...

On June 1, 2018, Beth Barstow, PhD, OTR/L, SCTV, FAOTA, a low vision faculty member since 2004, became director of the University of Alabama at Birmingham Graduate Certificate in Low Vision ...

Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) gradually affects central vision in one or both eyes while leaving peripheral vision (on the sides) intact. This peripheral vision – encompassing everything you ...

Dr. Vice is based at the multidisciplinary UAB Center for Low Vision Rehabilitation, where he provides care for children and adults with visual impairments and diseases. His work centers on training ...

Regardless of efforts taken to slow disease progression, in the absence of a curative option to either entirely halt progression or repair the damage to the retina, patients with geographic atrophy ...

A new test developed in our clinics can more accurately detect residual visual acuity in patients with low vision who have age-related macular degeneration. The test estimates potential visual acuity ...

WAUSAU, Wis. (WSAW) - Occupational therapist Amanda Whipple was the first person in Wisconsin to be certified in Low Vision Rehabilitation. She is now one of five statewide, but that is still a small ...

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It is most common in people 60 and older, but low vision can affect anyone at any age. "Things that cause vision impairment in kids are very different than what causes vision impairment in adults," ...