Research & Advancements
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Can Brighter Lighting Help with Reading Performance?
That question was asked by researchers presenting “The Effects of Lighting on Reading Speed as a Function of Letter Size” at the 12th International Conference of the International Society for Low Vision Research and Rehabilitation.
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Lighthouse Guild Honors Scientists at Bressler Vision Science Symposium and Pisart Award Lecture
The symposium, awards ceremony and lecture were held at The University Club of New York in October.
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After Hospital Discharge: Does a Diagnosis of Vision Loss Affect the Use of Healthcare?
The subject of post-hospitalization costs was addressed at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research in Vision and Ophthalmology.
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Psychotherapy and Terminally Ill Patients
With the demographic bulge of the baby boomers entering early old age, more psychotherapists in outpatient settings are going to find themselves working with patients who are facing end of life issues.
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Using the BrainPort® Vision Pro for the Performance of Functional Tasks
The BrainPort® Vision Pro enables perception of visual information using the tongue as a substitute for the eye.
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Lighthouse Guild and Columbia Ophthalmology: Working Together to Improve the Lives of People with Vision Loss
For almost two decades, Lighthouse Guild and Columbia University’s Department of Ophthalmology have worked together to improve the quality of vision rehabilitation, advance knowledge of the field and better train practitioners.
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Strategies for Challenging Behaviors in Adult Day Health Care Settings
Identify: “Challenging behavior” has become the most accepted term for actions whose intensity, frequency or duration puts the emotional and physical safety of the person or others in jeopardy.
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Monocular Vision: Etiology, Symptoms and Rehabilitation
The main consequences of this – monocular vision – are lack of depth perception and restricted peripheral vision in one eye.
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Valentin Haüy and Louis Braille: Enabling Education for the Blind
It was Haüy and Braille who would create an entirely new alphabet and establish the world’s first educational institutions for people who are blind, and form the foundation for future disability rights and the inclusion of people with blindness into society.
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Transformative Technological Advancements for the Patient with Low Vision
The advancement of technology has transformed the world, including how we live, work and interact with one another. Many technological advances in optometry are specifically designed for patients with low vision.
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