Low Vision is basically when someones vision is reduced and cannot be improved with glasses or contacts. Usually it is a result of some form of eye disease or condition. The most common form cause of Low Vision is Macular Degeneration.
Low Vision treatments basically involve using magnifiers or other optical devices to try to use the vision that the person still has. Low Vision treatment does not improve vision or stop it from getting worse, this is managed by a patient's Ophthalmologist.
Although Optometrists have by far the most amount of training and expertise in Low Vision, very few have taken the effort to add this to their services. It was out of this lack of care available that I started Eye Canada, a sub-specialty business focusing solely on Low Vision.
Michael Nelson, OD
