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Ninety-six patients with advanced stages of glaucoma, optic atrophy, myopia or retinitis pigmentosa (RP) who could not manage with ordinary spectacles or simple magnifying aids were taken care of at the Low Vision Clinic for rehabilitation and followed for an average of 3.6 years (the glaucoma group) up to an average of 6.0 years (the optic atrophy group). They were given high power optical aids and subjected to educational training in the proper use of these aids for best utilization of residual vision. Many of them (for optic atrophy as high a percentage as 40.7) were taught to use extra macular retina by means of eccentric viewing technique. The mean age of the oldest group, the glaucoma patients, was 69.3 years. The three other groups were about 20 to 25 years younger, on an average. (Another 35 patients were seen for the first series of visits but could not be followed up, the main reasons being death (13 patients) and moving out of the area (9 patients). The mean power of the aids (mainly telescopes) used for distance vision was 2.1 • (RP)-5.3 x (optic atrophy). Increased near addition and hyperocular lenses were the main aids for reading and near vision, the mean power being

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Author

Ulla L. Nilsson

Publisher

Springer-Verlag; Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science and Business Media LLC (ISSN 0012-4486)

Published

1988

Language

EN

Field

Medicine (Health Sciences)