Low Vision - Tucson Eye Care At Its Best
Nothing is more important to us than your overall eye health. We offer comprehensive eye examinations that allow us to pinpoint any changes in your vision, then correct them with glasses, contacts, or a combination of both. We are able to detect or treat eye health and refractive conditions such as infections, ocular allergies, dry eye, glaucoma, macular degeneration, cataracts, myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism, and computer vision syndrome.
We have a full service optical and contact lens dispensary. Our staff has years of experience helping patients pick the right designs, materials, and coatings in order to optimize the vision through their glasses. These include a wide selection of lens designs and features including but not limited to; progressives or bifocal lens designs, anti-reflective, scratch resistant and UV coatings, photochromic lenses such as Transitions, polycarbonate, trivex, and high index materials, and many others.
How To Cope With Low Vision
Low vision is vision loss that’s so severe, it can’t be corrected with regular eyeglasses, contact lenses, or surgery. But there are lots of ways to deal with low vision, so browse the articles below for helpful information. Or start with our overview . . .
Low Vision Aids for Computer Users
In general, visually impaired people can use the same low vision aids for viewing a computer screen as they do for regular reading activities. These include eyeglass-mounted magnifiers, handheld magnifiers, and stand-alone magnifiers. Special software has been developed to either display computer data in large print or read the material aloud in a synthetic voice.