Prismatic Reading Glasses for Low Vision

Low vision refers to many various forms of significant vision loss. This vision loss can be blindness in the left or right half of one’s vision, or limited peripheral vision. There are many ways to help people with low vision so that they can continue to do things that are important to them.

If you have low vision, due to vision loss on one side of your vision or reduced peripheral vision, a pair of eyeglasses with prism lenses can maximize your remaining vision.

At Low Vision Center, we know how low vision can negatively impact your life. Our goal is to enable you to do the things you love with the help of low vision aids and prismatic reading glasses.

What Are Prismatic Reading Glasses?

Prismatic reading glasses — or prism reading glasses — are designed to help patients with low vision.

Prism lenses bend light in a way that allows a person with vision loss to still see objects that are positioned in their blind spot.

Prism reading glasses can be highly effective for those with low vision, who require their optical lenses to provide both magnification and assistance in converging the eyes to look at close objects or reading.

Prismatic eyeglasses are available as single or double lens systems. The double system incorporates both the magnification and prism to allow the two eyes to more easily work together. These can provide a solution for patients whose two eyes are equal in vision and also do not require very high magnification.

In order to maintain clear vision and reduce muscular strain, built-in prisms can provide a hands-free solution for patients requiring low magnification. The optimum reading distance for these lenses can be determined by adjusting the power of the prismatic glasses.

What Eye Problems Do Prism Glasses Correct?

Prism glasses help patients with a wide range of eye conditions.

• Eye muscle problems, such as strabismus, Graves’ disease, and myasthenia gravis,
• Hemianopia – an eye condition that causes blindness in half of the visual field in both eyes. This is usually a result of stroke, brain tumor, or head trauma.
• Migraines
• Retinitis pigmentosa
• Usher syndrome
• Choroideremia
• Advanced Glaucoma
• Nerve-related problems such as diabetes mellitus or multiple sclerosis.

Are Prism Reading Glasses For You?

Prism reading glasses are an ideal hands-free option for those who enjoy using a computer, reading, and writing. You can look at your favorite cookbook while working in the kitchen, as prism glasses allow you to do both.

Our Low Vision Optometrist Can Help

The first step in acquiring any low vision aid is to have a low vision consultation, which goes beyond examining the various parts of the eye, as one would expect from a routine eye exam.

Your low vision eye doctor will evaluate your vision and how to maximize your enjoyment of life by assessing which low vision aids, from prismatic reading glasses and hand-held magnifiers to computer-based devices, will provide you with optimal vision.

Once the doctor determines the most effective low vision aid for you, you’ll be taught how to utilize the life-changing device for maximum benefit.

If you or a loved one have been told that nothing else can be done to see more clearly, visit Low Vision Doctor Name for a low vision consultation.

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