Poor lighting and vision
In 1965, a large study was conducted in the United States that examined the amount and type of lighting required by the visually impaired. It is known that, in general, a visually impaired person needs three times the amount of light to perform an action (such as reading) that a person with normal vision needs. A person with normal vision who wants to perform an action of reading will need a 50-watt bulb. A person with poor vision will need […]
Changes in the nature of the role of an optometrist for low vision
Optometric treatment of people with poor vision has always been a professional challenge. In regular optometry, a good and experienced professional will have a 100% success in a perfect solution in which the patient will see well and feel well, in the field of poor vision the situation is not always the same. Most often, eye disease causes an irreversible condition and there will be no improvement in the condition of the eye and the condition of vision. Therefore, there is no expectation of a perfect solution […]