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Peer reviewedKelleher, Dennis K. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1979
The article orients the reader to numerous aspects of low vision aids, including types of aids, function of aids, training sequence and considerations, a non-technical description of visual acuity, and favorable prognostic factors in using low vision aids. A brief annotated resource list is included. (Author)
Descriptors: Low Vision Aids, Partial Vision, Resources, Sensory Aids
Peer reviewedGawande, A.; And Others – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
This study of the effects of lenses of different colors on the visual abilities and comfort of 20 patients with retinal disease found that, in home trials, the critical issue was density more than color. Office tests of visual acuity and contrast sensitivity with colored lenses did not predict subjective benefit. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: Color, Equipment Evaluation, Low Vision Aids, Optometry
Jackson, Richard M. – Education of the Visually Handicapped, 1983
Some cautions regarding the early educational uses of optical aids with visually impaired children are suggested, based on widely held assumptions and recent findings in the fields of perception and reading. The change from the sight conservation era to one advocating the maximum use of remaining vision is traced. (Author/SW)
Descriptors: Educational History, Elementary Education, Interprofessional Relationship, Low Vision Aids
Finn, William A.; And Others – New Outlook for the Blind, 1975
A low vision clinic is using Fresnel press-on prism lenses to aid veterans with extremely restricted visual fields. (Author/SB)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Exceptional Child Education, Low Vision Aids, Needs Assessment
