Low Vision pp 96-107 | Cite as

Low Vision Management in Selected Eye Diseases

  • Eleanor E. Faye
Conference paper

Abstract

One of the greatest challenges in doing low vision work is the opportunity to combine an interest in medicine with rehabilitation, psychology, optics and psychophysics. In this paper, some of these interests are combined in discussing the effect on patient management of the eye diagnosis.

Keywords

Retinal Pigment Epithelial Contrast Sensitivity Macular Hole Macular Disease Contrast Sensitivity Function 
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  • Eleanor E. Faye

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