Engineer Develops Smart Glove To Help Blind And Visually Impaired People Navigate. Contributor Rebecca Banovic writes at Forbes (4/20, Banovic) about “a smart glove prototype called Anora” developed by Nikola Krstic, a graduate from the Electrical Engineering School in Belgrade, to help “the blind and visually impaired move unaided without a service dog or white [...]
Today, we're going to review the difference between a vision screening and a comprehensive eye exam because I receive many questions about this topic. What is a Vision Screening? A Vision Screening is a quick, limited test to identify people who have common vision problems. Screenings are performed by a school nurse or volunteer, doctor's [...]
Low Vision and Vision Loss What can a person with low vision really see? That question is not an easy one to answer because every person with a visual impairment truly has a unique pattern of vision loss. No two people have the same exact vision loss! Macular degeneration, glaucoma, diabetic retinopathy, and congenital eye [...]
Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is the leading cause of central vision loss in Americans over 50.
Petrou Eye Care and Prevent Blindness Wisconsin successfully joined efforts this week to raise vision awareness at Swing for Sight. This year's annual fundraiser was held on June 2, at Mequon's Ozaukee Country Club with over one hundred golfers in attendance. Please join Petrou Eye Care in their support of Prevent Blindness by generously [...]
