title: [Low-Vision Training For Better Usage of Magnifying Visual Aids].
abstract: During 1990-1991 263 low-vision aids were prescribed to visually impaired elderly people. 22% of them did not use their magnifying systems. With the help of a low-vision trainer, who taught them how to use their magnifying system correctly, the failure rate could be remarkably reduced. In 1992, low-vision aids were prescribed to 121 of 158 patients; 110 of these patients had low-vision training. Only 3% of them failed to use the magnifying system.
authors.affiliation: Universitäts-Augenklinik Graz, Osterreich.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Langmann
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lindner
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kollegger
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005128:Eye Diseases / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012682:Sensory Aids / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*
vernacular_title: Sehbehindertentraining zur besseren Nutzung vergrössernder Sehhilfen.