title: Low vision aids (evaluation of 185 patients).
abstract: One hundred and eighty-five referred patients with various eye pathologies were evaluated retrospectively after they had undergone an examination and issued with a prescription for low vision. The majority of patients (77%) benefited from the prescribing of low vision aids (LVA). Spectacle-mounted magnifiers, high reading additions and telescopes were used as LVAs. Visual acuity, age and magnification are important factors in the assessment of an LVA.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey.
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authors.lastname: Temel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005139:Eyeglasses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D014792:Visual Acuity