title: The utilization of a temporal mirror coating on the back surface of the lens as a field enhancement device.
abstract: A 37-year-old male had a right homonymous hemianopia due to trauma. During his initial low vision assessment, a small clip-on mirror was dispensed to help him compensate for his field loss. At follow-up, he reported satisfaction with the mirror. He also reported that novelty "look behind you" sunglasses were beneficial to him and less conspicuous than the clip-on mirror. He requested temporal mirror coating on otherwise clear lenses so that he could utilize the glasses at night or on cloudy days. We fabricated this for him and also mounted a small mirror nasally within the vertex distance behind his frame. The fabrication of the two devices will be discussed as well as a comparison of these three field enhancement devices.
authors.affiliation: VICTORS PROGRAM, Northport VA Medical Center, New York 11768.
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waiss
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Cohen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D005139:Eyeglasses; D006423:Hemianopsia / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009988:Orthoptics; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014794:Visual Fields