title: Low vision rehabilitation. Finding capable people behind damaged eyeballs.
abstract: Loss of vision is a common physical impairment in America today. Comprehensive low vision rehabilitation programs can have dramatic results in increasing the independence and productivity of affected persons. Rehabilitation efforts must be tailored to the type of vision loss and to specific functional implications. Every effort should be made to enhance the residual vision. Activities of daily living, orientation and mobility, and psychological concerns must be addressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, University of South Florida, Tampa 33612-4799.
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Fletcher
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shindell
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hindman
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schaffrath
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*