Low Vision Services
If you’re experiencing significant vision loss that can’t be corrected or improved with glasses, contacts, or surgery alone, we might be able to help using specialized devices and tailored care.
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Who Are Good Low Vision Candidates?
- 20/40 or worse vision in the better eye WITH correction
- Difficulty with visual tasks (seeing phone, reading, watching tv, etc.)
- Scotoma or Peripheral Vision Loss
- Contrast Sensitivity Loss
- Difficulty Adjusting to Vision Changes
What is Low Vision?
Low vision means that even with regular glasses, contact lenses, medicine, or surgery, people find everyday tasks difficult to do. Millions of Americans lose some of their vision every year. Irreversible vision loss is most common among people over age 65.
Most people develop low vision because of eye diseases and health conditions like macular degeneration, cataract, glaucoma, and diabetes. While vision that’s lost usually cannot be restored, many people can make the most of the vision they have. Your eye care professional can tell the difference between normal changes in the aging eye and those caused by eye diseases.
Even after medication, shots, surgery and with your regular glasses, do you have difficulty:
- Recognizing faces of friends and relatives?
- Doing things that require you to see well up close, like reading, seeing a computer screen, cooking, sewing, or fixing things around the house?
- Picking out and matching the color of your clothes?
- Doing things at work or home because lights seem dimmer than they used to?
- Driving safely, reading street and bus signs or the signs in a grocery store?
- Performing visual tasks to the degree you were able to before vision loss, illness, injury or a life-altering event?
- Walking, bumping into things, maintaining balance, seeing curbs or judging depth perception?
- Distinguishing contrast or light sensitivity?
You don’t necessarily need a referral to see us. However, we prefer to work with your general care optometrist and ophthalmologist because we do not provide routine eye care. If you believe your vision has recently changed, you should see your established eye care professional as soon as possible. You should have regular dilated eye exams to determine your eye health, but there are many signs that can signal the need for vision rehabilitation.
Low Vision Exams
This special area of vision care involves evaluating your useful vision, offering solutions to suit your needs and abilities, prescribing new lenses and devices, and receiving training with those new glasses and devices.
Visual Aids
When “regular” glasses or contacts can no longer help, it’s time to consider low vision glasses, devices and aids for daily living.
Vision Rehabilitation
Changes in your vision doesn’t mean you have to stop doing the things you enjoy. With a low vision exam and training or therapy with our Certified Low Vision Therapist, many patients can remain independent and continue to enjoy hobbies, work efficiently, and drive safely.
At-Home and Off-site Care
Our unique follow up services are an extension of our in-office vision performance care. Our tailored approach to each patient’s individual needs confronts the daily obstacles encountered on the path to restore visual independence.
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Connecting Pointe Store
Connecting Pointe is our low vision products store where people can try out and purchase a variety of adaptive equipment and technology to help with work and daily tasks at home.