Low Vision & Neuro-Optometry : Devices & Aids

When conventional spectacles can no longer help, it's time to consider low vision aids. These come in a wide array of strengths and designs. They range from simple hand-held lenses to electronic devices. Different devices are needed for different visual tasks.

The use of a visual aid is dependent on the type of vision loss, degree of loss, light and glare needs, ability to handle and operate the aid plus many other factors. A few types of devices are:

• Spectacle-mounted magnifiers
  
  
• Hand-held or spectacle-mounted telescopes
  
  
• Hand-held and stand magnifiers
  
  
• Video magnification
  

In addition, there are numerous other products to assist those with a vision impairment, such as no-bleed bold pens, writing templates, bump dots, colored filters, large-number phones and clocks, large-type books, magazines, and newspapers, books-on-tape, talking watches, self-threading needles, and more aids to daily living.

Where to obtain specialized visual devices and aids
Many websites and stores sell a variety of magnifying devices and low vision aids, but without a prescription or recommendation from a doctor, you may not experience the optimal benefit from a device. You also may not be able to return or exchange a device. The best place to obtain a low vision aid is from your low vision specialist following a comprehensive low vision examination.

You may purchase some visual aids without an examination but you will most likely not achieve optimal results. Your care should start with a vision rehabilitation evaluation by a doctor of optometry or an ophthalmologist who specializes in vision rehabilitation. The low vision examination is not the same as the retinal or general eye examinations you have experienced.

Low vision devices we offer:

• Besser Magnifiers
  
  
• Designs For Vision, Custom Bioptic Devices
  
  
• Enhanced Vision, Digital Mangifiers, CCTVs
  
  
• Eschenbach
  
  
• FitOvers
  
  
• Freedom Scientific
  
  
• NoIR Medical Technologies, Colored Filters & Sunglasses
  
  
• Selsi Optics