Low vision means partial sight, or sight that isn't fully correctable with surgery, pharmaceuticals, contact lenses, or glasses.  Low vision can range from moderate vision impairment, such as "Tunnel Vision" or blind spots, to almost total blindness.  Low vision can have a variety of causes.  It can include eye injury, diseases and hereditary.  Sometimes low vision involves a lack of acuity, meaning that objects do not come into focus.  It can also involve the ability to distinguish colors, see contrasts or determine spatial relationships among objects.

We can evaluate the degree and type of vision loss, perscribe appropriate low vision aides and train the patient to use them.