Low Vision/Geriatrics News

Patients with low vision often feel frustration when attempting even the simplest of tasks such as deciphering money or reading a food label, according to Georgia Crozier, OD, MS, Moore Eye Institute, Abington, Pa.

ABINGTON, Pa. – Motti Attia, regional manager at OrCam, demonstrates how MyEye 2.0 aids patients with low vision in everyday tasks like reading, facial recognition, differentiating currency and more, at the Moore Eye Institute at Abington Hospital - Jefferson Health. He demonstrates the various gestures that can be used for the reading function and how to use its facial recognition technology.

Researchers found that low vision rehabilitation was associated with improvement in several dimensions of visual function and direct health care costs similar to basic low vision services.

NEW YORK – An effective way to combat disruptive technology from outside sources is to take advantage of your brick-and-mortar location within the community and offer special services such as vision therapy, school screenings or sports vision, according to Quy Nguyen, OD, here at Vision Expo East.

With February designated as Age-Related Macular Degeneration Month, the International Academy of Low Vision Specialists is calling attention to recent advancements and resources available in low vision.

They say there are four stages of life. First, you believe in Santa Claus. Then, you don’t believe in Santa Claus. Next, you are Santa Claus. Finally, you begin to look like Santa Claus.

Benjamin Yerxa, PhD, recently appointed CEO of the Foundation Fighting Blindness, aims to expand relationships with the financial community to facilitate research into new science and potential therapies for inherited retinal diseases.

Erin Kenny, OD, outlines her talk on retinal implants at the New Jersey Academy of Optometry fall dinner meeting. She said Argus II (Second Sight) is the only FDA-approved retinal implant in the U.S. and mentions a successful case study.

The FDA has granted the Orion Cortical Visual Prosthesis System an Expedited Access Pathway, which is given to select medical devices indicated for the treatment of life-threatening or irreversibly debilitating diseases/conditions, according to a press release from Second Sight Medical Products.

A 74-year-old Caucasian man presented with a chief complaint of gradually impaired contrast and progressively increased glare that was worse in the left eye compared to the right eye, as well as bilateral reduced peripheral and central vision that persisted for several months.