title: Headborne illuminator for the partially sighted.
abstract: An inexpensive, headborne device is described that provides a bright spot of light on reading material even when the material is brought within 1 or 2 cm of the viewing eye. This aid has been used with great success by one of the authors for about 2 yr. This illuminator, or modifications of it, should prove valuable to other partially sighted people.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003316:Corneal Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005139:Eyeglasses / Q000592:standards; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007498:Iris / Q000601:surgery; D007909:Lenses / Q000592:standards; D008029:Lighting / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D011932:Reading; D012682:Sensory Aids / Q000295:instrumentation*