Doctors Blog

There are some exciting treatment options available to help patients who have had vision loss due to ARMD, diabetic retinopathy and even Stargardt’s.

It is all about the edges! That means improving contrast sensitivity is key to making people with early vision loss happy!

Every day I see low vision patients with 20/60 to 20/80 who say, “I want to see better to drive” as well as those who demand I just ‘sign the paper so I can drive’ who have VAs of 20/100 and 20/400.

The most perplexing patient that presents in a low vision clinic, is the patient that has both macular degeneration and glaucoma. Not only is central acuity diminished, but peripheral sight is compromised.

The majority of the time either the patient has searched and trialed various instruments on their own to minimize the impact of their vision loss, or a well meaning relative or friend has offered various instruments.

Many referring doctors ask me about the use of electronic devices for low vision patients. Patient responses to the current electronic devises...