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Challenges for Low Vision in Retinitis Pigmentosa
Achint Kaur, B.Optom Optometry Intern, Dr Shroffâs Charity Eye Hospital, New Delhi, India We all want to live independently but living with low vision is not easy, these patients have a hard time coping with how they will reserve their independence as their...
A Simple and Effective Method to Calculate the Corneal Densitometry
Swanandi Gawde, B. Optom, PGDOVS Research Optometrist, L V Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, India Densitometry is the quantitative measurement of corneal transparency. This noninvasive scheimpflug tomography-based technique helps to measure the health of the...
Psychological Effects of Traumatic Brain Injury from A Neurobiological Perspective
Pritam Dutta, M.Optom, FAAO Clinical Optometry Practitioner, Chandraprabha Eye Hospital, Assam, India Background The Concussion in Sport Group (CISG) recognised in the most recent reiteration of the Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport that psychological...
Looking Beyond the Optic Nerve Head in Normal-Tension Glaucoma
Khaarthiyaa Lokanathan, B.Optom Undergraduate Research Student, Elite School of Optometry & SASTRA, Tamil Nadu Glaucomatous optic neuropathy (GON) with normal Intraocular Pressure (IOP) and an evident visual field defect is considered as Normal-Tension...
Vision Therapy for Straatsma Syndrome
Indira Rengarajan, B. Optom M.Optom, The Sankara Nethralaya Academy, Chennai, India Introduction: Clinically Straatsma syndrome is a triad of Myelinated Retinal Nerve Fiber (MRNF), Myopia, and amblyopia, which can have additional associations such as...
Can double images be corrected by contact lens?
Lakshmi Priya R.S, B. Optom Aravind Fellowship in Clinical Optometry, Aravind Eye Care System, Chennai, India As odd as it may seem, many people suffer from double vision which is when the eye perceives two images instead of one. Some of them can experience...
Understanding & Preventing Digital Eye Strain
Sapam Bishwamitra Singh, Bachelor in Optometry M.Optom. (Student), Bansara Institute of Ophthalmic Sciences, Shillong, India Overview Digital eye strain refers to visual disturbance or ocular discomfort that results after prolonged use of a computer, mobile...
Human Echolocation â How Blind People See With Sound
Satyam Jha , Bachelor In Clinical Optometry Student, Pailan College of Management and Technology, Kolkata, India We live in a loud world. We donât usually notice every sound because most of it is constantly tuned out by our brains. The unimportant noise which...
Lighting Up the Life of The Visually Impaired
Dillibai J, Bachelorâs in Optometry Aravind Fellowship in Clinical Optometry, Aravind Eye Care System, Chennai According to the WHO-International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness (IAPB) vision report 2019, 2.2 billion people worldwide have vision...
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