OPT 312 Low Vision Rehabilitation
Etiology and epidemiology of vision impairment and associated diseases. Categories of low vision and their associated visual impairments. The process of history taking, examination and evaluation of a low vision patient to determine a low vision remediation plan. Modifications of optometric testing procedures for the low vision patient. Prescription of optical and non-optical devices used in the management of the low vision patient. The use of technology in the diagnosis and management of the low vision patient. Multi-disciplinary integration of low vision rehabilitation. Patient counseling and ancillary community-based services. Orientation and mobility. The optics of low vision devices and their application to low vision patient to include telescopes, telemicroscopes, high add and microscopic lenses, magnifiers, electronic magnification, bioptic telescopes. The use of filters, typoscopes and lighting. Yoked prisms and vision therapy. Congenital and acquired brain injuries as low vision patients. The practice management aspect of incorporating low vision rehabilitation into a contemporary practice of optometry. Billing and coding of the low vision patient.