Can stronger glasses or magnifiers help someone with severe vision impairment?
Low Vision Therapy is a treatment that evaluates the loss of vision and how it affects daily activity. The therapist may recommend training with high-powered glasses and magnifiers that will assist in doing the identified task. Successful low vision treatment varies considerably for each person and requires a skilled clinician to provide the training. Often a person can be helped with very simple devices by adding stronger lighting to their environment, improving contrast and making other simple adjustments. In the case of low vision training – it is important to be individually evaluated by an experienced therapist.
