Even if you have been told "nothing can be done to fix your vision" that doesn't mean you aren't a candidate for low vision rehabilitation. This special area of vision care offers a wide range of services that often involves a team of professionals to evaluate your useful vision, offer solutions to suit your needs and abilities, prescribe visual training activities when appropriate and train you with adaptive devices and/or magnification. We also have professionals to offer guidance for modifying your home as well as group support from others with vision loss.
Questions to ask your eye care professional
- What can I do about my permanent vision loss?
- What changes can I expect in my vision?
- Will my vision loss get worse? How much of my vision will I lose?
- Will regular eyeglasses improve my vision?
- What medical/surgical treatments are available for my condition?
- What can I do to protect or prolong my vision?
- Will diet, exercise, or other lifestyle changes help?
- If my vision can't be corrected, can you refer me to a specialist in low vision rehabilitation?
- Where can I get a low vision evaluation?
Questions to ask your specialist in low vision
- How can I continue my normal, routine activities?
- Are there resources to help me in my job?
- Will any special devices help me with daily activities like reading, working, seeing the computer, sewing, playing cards, seeing TV, cooking, using appliances or fixing things around the house?
- What training and services are available to help me live better and more safely with vision loss?
- Where can I find individual or group support to cope with my vision loss?
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| Did you know? |
| Although the National Eye Institute (NEI) estimates that the current annual cost of vision impairment and eye disease to the United States is $68 billion, this number does not fully quantify the impact of direct healthcare costs, lost productivity, reduced independence, diminished quality of life, increased depression and accelerated mortality. — National Alliance for Eye and Vision Research, December 2005. |
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| People with low vision have some useful sight, but their lack of visual acuity interferes with the performance of everyday activities such as reading the newspaper or other fine print, even while wearing glasses, moving around their homes or elsewhere without bumping into things, traveling at night, or identifying money. |
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