Reduced visual acuity and/or abnormal visual fields resulting from a disorder in the visual system.

A reduction of central vision, side vision, or both, that may require more than glasses or contact lenses to see well enough to get around and do day-to-day tasks.

vision that cannot be further improved by corrective lenses or medical or surgical intervention, although low vision rehabilitation may help someone to use his/her remaining sight more effectively

Half vision, which can not be corrected by contacts, glasses or lasik.

The term used to describe a person who is without a significant measure of vision but is not totally blind.

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Visual impairment that cannot be corrected by standard eyeglasses, contacts, medication or surgery and that interferes with the ability to perform everyday activities.

When a patient cannot be corrected to normal 20/20 vision with ordinary glasses, he or she is said to have "low vision." This condition can result from inheritance, trauma, disease, or aging. Optometrists can use special optical aids to compensate for, but not to correct, the patient's permanent loss of sight.

Problems with eyesight that cannot be corrected with glasses or contact lenses.

Also called partial sight, low vision is sight that cannot be satisfactorily corrected with glasses, contacts, or surgery. Low vision may be the result of glaucoma, macular degeneration, diabetes, or other eye disorder. Special optical devices may be prescribed to help those with low vision accomplish tasks of daily living. Go to Top

Visual loss that cannot be corrected with eyeglasses or contact lenses and interferes with daily living activities.

A visual impairment, not corrected by standard eyeglasses, contact lenses, medication, or surgery, that interferes with the ability to perform everyday activities.

term used to describe a level of unaided visual ability insufficient to perform certain tasks like reading.

Also called partial sight. Sight that cannot be satisfactorily corrected with glasses, contacts, or surgery. Low vision usually results from an eye disease such as glaucoma or macular degeneration. There are specialized optical and nonoptical devices that can enhance or improve visual ability in the low vision patient. The selection of the proper device to be used is determined in a special low vision eye examination.

Also called partial sight, low vision is sight that cannot be satisfactorily corrected with glasses, contacts, or surgery. Low vision usually results from an eye disease such as glaucoma or macular degeneration. Go to Top | Close Window

A condition in which a person is either legally blind and thus has visual acuity of less than 20/200 or is partially sighted and has a visual acuity between 20/70 and 20/200 despite the use of conventional corrections such as prescription eyeglasses.

When ordinary eyeglasses or contact lenses are unable to bring a patients sight up to normal sharpness.

Lower than normal vision, often gradual

Any vision impairment across a continuum from near normal vision to profound vision loss, which causes a functional loss and cannot be corrected by surgery, medication, glasses or contact lenses. Also called partial sight.

Low vision is a subspecialty within the professions of optometry and ophthalmology dealing with individuals who have less than (sub)normal vision even with the most accurate conventional prescription available. It can be a result of either congenital or acquired factors. An example of the former is Leber's congenital amaurosis and of the latter age related macular degeneration.