1. Low Vision Clinic-How can it help you?
Katy Barnard
Senior Optometrist
Moorfields Eye Hospital

2. What is Low Vision
Problem with vision even when wearing the correct spectacles or contact lens
Usually taken as 6/12

4. What is a Low Vision Clinic?
Usually in a hospital setting
Optometrists, Dispensing Opticians, Rehab Workers
Maximise vision
Optical Aids
Non Optical Aids
Advice

5. How do I get an Low Vision Appointment?
Most need referrals
Local variations
Talk to your ophthalmologist
No need for registration

6. “Just make my glasses a bit stronger!”
Spectacles correct the focussing ability
If other damage to eyes new spectacles won’t help

7. “Just make my glasses a bit stronger!”
Damage from AMD
Healthy Retina

8. The Assessment Identify problems Spectacle check
Demonstration of low vision aids
Advice

9. Optical Aids
Strong reading glasses
Magnifiers
Telescopes

10. Optical Aids for Near Bright Field-real magnification Hand magnifiers
Strong Reading Spectacles
Stand magnifiers

11. Optical Aids for Distance
Spectacle binoculars
Binoculars
Monocular

12. Which aid is right for you?
What do you want to use it for?
What level of magnification?
Do you need illumination?
How easy it is to use?

13. “This is great but can it be bigger?”
Higher power magnifiers have smaller lens/field of view

14. Electronic aids Use a camera system and screen or speech
Desktop, portable, plug in to TV
Range from £99-£2000+
Not available on NHS

15. Electronic Aids
Plug-in to TV CCTV
Desktop CCTV
Portable CCTV

16. Advice and what you can do to help

17. Easy changes at home
Distance from TV
Lighting
Hats
Contrast

18. This is difficult to see because of the contrast
Improving the contrast helps as much as making things bigger
This is difficult to see because of the contrast

19. Technology Audio Description Computers Mobile phones eBook readers
Talking Freeview box
Computers
Mobile phones
eBook readers

20. Screen enlargement software

21. Technology
Large Button Mobile phones
Kindles and iPads

22. Who else can help? Local Social Services National charities
Local Charities

23. Thank you