| If you are someone who has to deal with the | | | | medium-length vision in order to see clearly. The |
| day to day reality of living with macular | | | | kind of vision length required will have an impact |
| degeneration, you know what a challenge it | | | | on the amount of magnification your low vision |
| presents. Simple tasks such as reading, sewing | | | | aids will need in order to improve your current |
| and driving become more difficult, and as the | | | | vision levels. |
| condition progresses, may curtail these activities | | | | Magnification can come in the form of a simple |
| entirely. What a great benefit it can be to have | | | | hand-held magnifying glass. However, when you |
| access to low vision aids to improve the vision | | | | need your hands free to perform other tasks, |
| you do have, and help you lead a more active life. | | | | eye glasses with varying forms of magnification |
| In order to determine how and which low vision | | | | could be the preferred choice. Bioptic glasses are |
| aids might help you, you will need a thorough eye | | | | one type of eye glass that offers a great deal of |
| examination to determine the kind and amount of | | | | magnification. The eye glasses have small |
| vision loss you have due to macular degeneration. | | | | telescopes attached to the front or behind the |
| Your low vision eye doctors will ask you how | | | | lenses, so that you can look through the eye |
| your vision affects your ability to perform certain | | | | glass lens or through the telescopic lens. A bit like |
| tasks. You may, for example, have difficulty | | | | bifocals, you can choose which area of the lens to |
| reading or performing other activities requiring | | | | look through, allowing you the ability to adjust |
| detail vision, such as needlework, sewing, painting, | | | | your vision depending on what you are trying to |
| or even using a computer. Your team of low | | | | look at. Depending on your vision requirements |
| vision eye doctors will need to know what tasks | | | | and local statutes, some states allow drivers of |
| you would like to do, and can then determine, | | | | automobiles to use these glasses to drive legally. |
| with the remaining vision you currently possess, | | | | Computer programs also offer screen |
| which low vision aids might best help you achieve | | | | magnification. Some computer programs change |
| your activity goals. | | | | text into a sound document, or a document that |
| Because some low vision aids make use of your | | | | can be read by touch using braille. Other programs |
| eyeglasses, your doctor will want to make sure | | | | allow you to speak into the computer's speaker, |
| your prescription is correct. This will help ensure | | | | converting the sound into text on the computer |
| that any low vision aids that are attached to your | | | | screen. |
| glasses will perform properly. | | | | Whether eyeglasses or software, there are a |
| Different tasks require different vision lengths. | | | | spectrum of low vision aids available to help |
| Some activities utilize near vision, such as reading, | | | | people with macular degeneration lead productive |
| while driving makes use of your far vision. | | | | lives. |
| Reading a computer screen necessitates using a | | | | |