Common Problems : Low Vision

Low vision means vision that is less than normal and cannot be improved by regular glasses, contact lenses, medicine or surgery. Daily activities like driving, reading mail or prescription bottles, preparing meals, seeing TV and recognizing faces may be difficult or impossible without special magnifiers or vision enhancing equipment.

Even if you were referred to a vision rehabilitation specialist, you still need to see your regular eye MD (ophthalmologist) who is providing general care or treating specific medical/surgical eye problems. The rehabilitation specialist helps you do the most with the vision you have, with adaptive techniques, devices and training. Your other eye doctor tries to help maintain the vision you have with medical treatment or surgery. Both types of care may be going on at the same time.