Adults

Low Vision

Causes of Low Vision:
  • Macular Degeneration
  • Diabetic Retinopathy
  • Glaucoma
  • Stroke or Brain Injury
Low vision rehabilitation includes training to safely and independently complete important, daily activities that are difficult due to vision loss by:
  • Learning to use your remaining vision more efficiently and Eccentric Viewing Training.
  • Learning to use vision enhancement equipment, such has high power reading glasses, magnifiers and electronic magnifying devices, effectively.
  • Learning compensatory techniques.
  • Making environmental adaptations to maximize your vision.

Common Issues of Adults with Low Vision

  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Grooming
  • Meal preparation
  • Financial management
  • Driving
  • Grocery shopping
  • Accurately identifying medications
  • Dialing emergency telephone numbers
  • Identifying daily hazards, such as water spilled on floors or sidewalk curbs
  • Participating in leisure activities, such as watching television or playing games
  • Social isolation

Common Signs of Visual Impairment after Brain Injury

Difficulty with Mobility & Driving:
  • Ignores or misses objects/people on one side
  • Difficulty scanning/finding people/objects in the environment, such as cupboards and the grocery store
  • Easily frustrated in a visually complex environment, such as the grocery store or crowded mall
  • Hesitates when approaching curb or subtle change in support surface
  • misses curb or does not see it until directly on top of it
  • Trips when transitioning between support surfaces of similar hues
  • Bumps into/trips on obstacles
  • Uses hands to guide self
  • Keeps eyes shut with light
Difficulty Reading:
  • Complains that print looks fuzzy, too small or too faint
  • Complains of the inability to bring print in­ to focus
  • Moves print away to try to read it
  • Shifts page of print from one side or views print out of the corner of one eye