title: Visual rehabilitation in low vision patients with age-related macular degeneration.
abstract: Using optical visual aids, visual rehabilitation was performed in 14 low vision patients (25 eyes) with age-related macular degeneration. With distance aids, visual acuity improvement appeared in 24 eyes (95%) out of the 25 eyes. Twelve eyes (48%) obtained a visual acuity equal to or better than 0.4. With near visual aids, near acuity of all eyes (100%) was improved. Thirteen eyes (52%) got the near vision equal to or better than 0.5. Ten patients could read No. 5 Chinese Reading Card. The reading success rate was 71.4%. The results suggest that application of visual aids is an effective method to improve the distant and near visual acuity of low vision patients with AMD.
authors.affiliation: Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, China.
authors.forename: D Z
authors.initials: DZ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: F X
authors.initials: FX
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jin
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001296:Audiovisual Aids; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008268:Macular Degeneration / Q000150:complications / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D014792:Visual Acuity