Low Vision

Many people experience significant vision loss due to conditions such as macular degeneration, glaucoma, or diabetes. It is not unusual for these individuals to experience difficulty in performing many common tasks such as:

Reading books, magazines, or their phones or tablets

Watching TV

Writing checks

Seeing road signs clearly while driving

Reading bills, medicine bottles or price tags while shopping

Seeing recipes or appliance dials or displays while cooking.

Now, through modern technology, we can HELP you perform these tasks more easily using MAGNIFYING VISION AIDS and devices.

Dr. Peters, our staff optometrist, is performing LOW VISION EVALUATIONS in our office to assess your visual needs and demonstrate and recommend devices and aids that will MAXIMIZE your useable vision.

A few of these devices are pictured and described below:

The Smart Lux

The Smart Lux is a handheld video magnifier which is easy to handle

and very portable. It has variable magnification levels, and can also

save images for future recall and viewing.

As you can see from the photo on the right, the Smart Lux gives a large, illuminted view of the document underneath. It operates both in battery mode or AC current.

The Mobil Lux

The Mobil Lux expands upon the Super Lux by being able to connect to a computer or tablet via a USB cable, and display the magnified image there as well as through the device.

This is an illustration of the Mobil Lux magnifying the document shown.

Below is the magnified image displayed on a desktop computer. Of course, once the image is on the computer display, it can also be modified further using the computer’s controls.

These are only a few of the devices and aids at your disposal. Other options include various hand held and stand magnifiers, spectacle mounted spotting telescopes, special reading glasses, and contrast enhancing lenses. Through the course of the Low Vision evaluation, Dr. Peters will guide you toward a solution that best meets your personal needs.

NEW ARRIVALS FOR 2016!!

More magnifiers that connect to laptops AND read text to you!

Call us today at 717-718-2393 to discuss what we can do to

HELP YOU SEE MORE CLEARLY!!

Dr. Peters is an approved provider of Low Vision Services through the

Office of Vocational Rehabilitation’s Bureau of Blindness and Visual Services.

The mission of the BBVS is to assist Pennsylvanians who are blind or visually impaired

in gaining the skills necessary to live and work independently in their communities.

For information on whether you qualify for help from the BBVS, and to arrange a referral,

call their office at 717-787-7500 or 1-866-375-8264.

(TTY 1-888-575-9420)

Testimonials

"In the fall of 2006, my optometrist informed me that it was time for my cataracts to be removed, and she recommended Dr. Yee. An appointment was set up, and Dr. Yee reaffirmed the diagnosis. She explained that I was a candidate for a new lens that was available where a patient had a greater chance of not needing to wear glasses after surgery. I could even decide whether I would like to have most of my improvement in my near or far vision. The length of the surgery and the recuperation would be the same as having the normal cataract surgery. I had been wearing glasses from morning to night for years and the possibility of not needing to wear glasses was intriguing. I pondered the extra cost of the ReSTOR® lenses and decided in favor of the newer replacements. In November the cataract in my right eye was removed; a ReSTOR® lens was implanted. I was awake during the procedure, which only took about fifteen minutes. Immediately everything seemed brighter and that evening I was reading the newspaper without glasses. Improvement in both my near and far vision had been achieved. A similar procedure was performed on my left eye in December. As a teenager I was diagnosed with Ambliopia (Lazy Eye) in my left eye. The successful improvement in that eye far surpassed what Dr. Yee and I had hoped.

Shopping at Christmas without glasses was much more pleasant without focusing my trifocals to read sizes and price tags. I don't miss glasses, which fogged up or slipped in the heat. At first it was odd seeing myself in the mirror without glasses, but I have learned to appreciate a younger person looking back at me."

-Marion Young October 16, 2007

"In the summer of 2007, I noticed my eye sight deteriorating when I would read. My Optometrist had told me several years ago that I had the start of cataracts in the corners of my eyes. In the fall of 2007, a family member recommended Dr. Yee.

Dr. Yee examined my eyes and told me I had cataracts that were ready to be removed. She explained that there were two different types of lenses available for my eyes. After much consideration and Dr. Yee's recommendation, I decided on the ReSTOR® lenses. I really wanted to have the benefit of not wearing glasses and I was willing to take the chance and pay the extra costs.

The surgery took approximately 20 minutes and was painless. I was awake during the whole procedure and was very comfortable and relaxed due to Dr. Yee and her staff making me feel at ease. My husband was very surprised to see me after surgery, because my eye looked like it had nothing done to it. My eye was not blood shot and I felt great!

I would like to thank Dr. Yee for recommending the ReSTOR® lenses, I now have 20/20 vision in both eyes and do not need to wear glasses."

-Patricia Naftzger