THE VISION POST
A practical blog for professionals
Visual needs of school children and eye care recommendations
Dr Kalpa Negiloni, BS Opt, MSc Psychology, PhD Senior Research Optometrist, Medical Research Foundation, Sankara Nethralaya, India Visual skills are vital for effective reading and learning. It is estimated that around 80% of learning is through eyes. Reading,...
Bilateral Cataract with Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation – A Case Report
Sourabh Jandyal, B.Optm Postgraduate in Optometry (M.Optom), The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Chennai, India Introduction: Congenital disorder of glycosylation is a group of metabolic disorders with many similar neuro and multi-system involvements (1). It is...
Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) with recent advanced technologies: Diagnosis and management
Alisha Regmi, M. Optom Postgraduate in Optometry (M.Optom), The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Chennai, India Meibomian Gland Dysfunction (MGD) is a chronic and diffuse abnormality of the Meibomian Glands which is commonly characterized by terminal meibomian duct...
Transition Contact Lens: Innovative Eye-care Technology for Photophobic Patients
Bedisha Biswas, Bachelor of Optometry Undergraduate student, Pailan College of Management and Technology Transition, or photochromatic lenses are the lenses that darken in the sunlight and lighten in softer light or the dark. Now, Acuvue's launches a new Oasys...
Perceptible Navigation with Visual Prosthesis
Sankhajyoti Saha, M.Optometry Assistant Professor, NSHM Knowledge Campus-Kolkata In the world of Brainless Jellyfish, a small sensory structure like an eye, called rhopalium detects light level around the environment which helps them to avoid objects, while...
Human Super-Vision
Dr. Abhishek Mandal, Ph.D. Senior Business Adviser, Vision Science Academy, London, U.K. Vision Science Academy Exclusive Humans have always strived to find ways to attain immeasurable superpowers. In early 1900s, the Wright brothers began to dream about...
Evaluation of Island of Vision: relics of a bygone age
Deepmala Mazumdar, M.Phil. (Optometry) Doctoral Research Student, Vestibular and Ocular Motor Research group, Dept. of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, The Netherlands As professionals, we often tend to become contemporaneous, which is why we skip the idea to...
Optometrists and Glaucoma
Directors Desk Saptarshi Mukherjee, M.Optom, F. Optom Director of Advanced Studies - India Vision Science Academy Vision Science Academy Exclusive A qualified optometrist must possess the required skill set to distinguish a multitude of ophthalmological...
Ocular Prosthesis- Eye with an Art
Debasish De, Bachelor of Optometry Optometrist, Dr. Shroffâs Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi. The face is the portrait of the mind, the eyes, its informers. It is said that âeyes are the âwindows to the soul. Loss or absence of any part of the face can cause...
Augmented Reality: The Modern Elpis Among The Eye Care Practitioners
Arnab Mazumder, Bachelorâs in Engineering Undergraduate student, Ramaiah Institute of Technology, Bangalore, India Technology has brought about a massive change to the eye-care industry. The availability of technology has led to better outcomes which have...
Robot-assisted Eye Examination
Dr. Abhishek Mandal, Ph.D. Founder, Vision Science Academy, London, U.K. Vision Science Academy Exclusive The field of optometry has been modernised with the advent of advanced technological innovations. Today, a plethora of diagnostic modalities are available which...
Ocular Response Analyzer
Debarati Ghosh, Bachelor of Optometry Optometrist, Dr. Shroffâs Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi. Ocular Response Analyzer testing set up. Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of visual impairment and blindness worldwide. (1, 2) The elevated Intra-Ocular...
MiYOSMART Lenses: A new modern lens to curb myopic progression
Prantik Aditya, Bachelorâs of Clinical Optometry Optometrist, Eye7 Chaudhary Eye Centre, Delhi, India. Myopia or nearsightedness is a common cause of disability throughout the world. (1) Due to the current COVID-19 pandemic, most of the people are doing their...
MearesâIrlen syndrome and coloured lenses: Is there an association?
Pritam Dutta, M.Optom, FAAO Instructor Neuro-Optometry, Vision Science Academy Background MearesâIrlen (MI) syndrome or visual stress syndrome is a perceptual processing difficulty characterized by difficulties with reading and symptoms of eye strain and...
Eyesight: The Alzheimer’s biomarker
Sankhajyoti Saha, M.Optometry, Specialty Fellowship in Low Vision Assistant Professor , NSHM Knowledge Campus, Kolkata Alzheimerâs disease (AD), the most common form of dementia- is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes the brain to shrink (atrophy),...
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