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Principles and Practice
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Fourth Edition
By
Christine Dickinson, BSc, PhD, MBCO, Senior Lecturer, Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Manchester, UK
Description
It will be of interest to dispensing opticians, orthoptists and rehabilitation workers who also come into contact with this patient group.
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advice is organised for quick and easy reference with sections on definitions of the condition and its causes, magnification and other
strategies for improving performance, and clinical procedures used in the assessment of vision and prescribing of aids.
The theoretical
background to aids and strategies employed is given in detail but there is also abundant practical advice and an indication of the way
in which the optometrist's role is integrated with that of other professionals dealing with low-vision patients.
Contents
What is low vision?; Incidence and causes; Measuring visual performance; The multi disciplinary team in low vision care; Magnification;
Increasing object size; Decreasing viewing distance; Real image magnification; Telescopic magnification; Non optical aids; Illumination
and lighting; Aids for peripheral field loss; Special techniques; Sensory substitution; Environmental modification and building design;
The initial assessment; The examination routine; Prescribing magnification; Training patients in the use of magnifiers; Are low vision
aids successful?; The place of low vision in optometric practice
| Bibliographic details |
Paperback, 352 pages, publication date: OCT-1998
ISBN-13: 978-0-7506-2262-2
ISBN-10: 0-7506-2262-8
Imprint: BUTTERWORTH HEINEMANN
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Last update: 30 Oct 2009
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