Cindy Bachofer completed her PhD at Vanderbilt University in 2013 and is currently the Low Vision Consultant at the Texas School for the Blind and Visually impaired. She grew up in Kansas in a big family and learned the importance of staying positive and working hard. She earned high grades-...
Download This PDF White Paper Or Read On Whether a person was born with a visual impairment or developed vision loss later in life, not seeing well in our very 'visually oriented world' can impact one's life in many ways. For seniors, who likely knew normal vision most of their...
Download This PDF White Paper Or Read On Whether we were born with a visual impairment or developed vision loss later in life, not seeing well in our very 'visually oriented world' can impact one's life in many ways. For seniors, who likely knew normal vision most of their lives,...
Download This PDF White Paper Or Read On Over the years experienced practitioners tend to 'go where the action is.' What this means to me is that we refine our testing methods to do the tests that are most instructive in managing the patient and stop doing tests that don't...
Download This PDF White Paper Or Read On I'm frequently asked what makes me consider a bioptic for an individual patient. So, I've written a short blog post to describe my approach. There are several factors to explore when considering the appropriateness of an Ocutech bioptic for an individual. Here's...
Download This PDF White Paper Or Read On "When you really help them, you'll know," my professor once told me. And those of us doing low vision certainly know that to be the truth! We live in fear of hearing "I don't want to hold it so close," "it's not as...
Download This PDF White Paper Or Read On Quite often patients will ask what 20/20 means. The explanation of the Snellen visual acuity fraction doesn't often satisfy their need to understand. A patient once mentioned that with her reduced vision from macular degeneration, the furthest she could see was to...
Three things I always try to remind myself:
Getting them into your chair- marketing your low vision practice Despite all the awareness surrounding macular degeneration, stem cell transplants, intra-ocular telescopes and bionic eyes, low vision care is still a third cousin. For those who are lucky enough to find their way to a low vision practice, the still...
Dr. Chantal Overvliet, of the Oculus Vision Centre in Windhoek, is the sole optometrist providing low vision care in all of Namibia. After learning of the urgent needs of the 132 children at the country’s only school for the visually impaired, she and her business partner and Low...
OCUTECH, Inc., the worldwide leader in developing advanced bioptic telescopes for the visually impaired, has released a special video called "Open Your World with Low Vision Care" in celebration of Low Vision Awareness and Macular Degeneration month. Over 5 million individuals in the US alone have reduced vision from...
There is more to bioptics than just driving in Florida Losing one’s drivers license or never being eligible for one because of reduced vision is undoubtedly a bummer. There are ways to get around without driving yourself, but the independence and enhanced quality of life one gains from being able...