Low Vision Blog

People with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) should eat oily fish at least twice a week to keep their eye disease at bay, say scientists. Omega-3 fatty acids found in abundance in fish like mackerel and salmon appear to slow or even halt the progress of both early and late stage disease. The researchers base their […]

Enhanced Vision, America’s leading manufacturer of magnifying solutions for the visually impaired, announced today it is proud to support the 2009 VISION 5K Run & Walk in Boston, MA this Saturday, June 7th. The unique event is the only 5k championship race in the country where blind athletes compete directly against sighted athletes in a […]

MILLIONS of blind and partially sighted people could be given their sight back after a major breakthrough by scientists. A simple contact lens has been created that has restored sight in just a matter of days. The revolutionary finding could cure corneal blindness – a condition that affects 5,000 people in Britain and millions worldwide. […]

A miniature telescope, which can be implanted in the eye, might help the blind see—assuming it passes clinical trials. Remember how Galileo could see through his telescope, even when he had a degenerative eye disease? Now imagine inserting a miniature telescope directly in the eyeball—that’s exactly how VisionCare Inc. plans on restoring sight for people […]

Read her Life Story below: Edythe Piccione is a young at heart senior citizen and a professional artist. Edythe has been painting for 28 years, and five years ago she was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. Edythe was worried she would not be able to paint the same way again. Piccione read about Dr. Scott Hearing’s […]

                  Derek Fincham is West Virginia’s Mountaineer mascot and an inspiration to many. You would never know by looking at him but he suffers from a low vision impairment. Thanks to the JORDY, he can read with ease. See how you too can benfit from low vision assistive technology.

Please enjoy Enhanced Vision’s first ever 30 second commercial. The commerical has been aired in Florida and Northern California. Enhanced Vision is very excited to air the commerical in many more areas in the country as well in the near future, stay tuned!

Marla Palmer worries that science teachers give up on her two blind children too easily. That’s one reason why the president of the Utah Parents of Blind Children helped to organize Saturday’s “Science Without Sight” camp for 26 visually impaired Utah students from fourth through 12th grades. Campers got the chance to handle alligators and […]

Twelve visually impaired artists, a few of whom are totally blind, were recently featured by the University of California at Riverside. The shots they took are inspiring, considering that most won’t know where the camera lens is pointing. For Rosita McKenzie, she said she could be experimental as she can’t see. Her method was to […]

As little Tatyana Larbi, aka Little Miss Muffett, sings about selling her cotton and twigs to the “sister pigs,” you can tell the young girl is enjoying her moment in the limelight, even if she can’t see the audience’s response. The set and costumes are pretty basic. Most were made by parents and volunteers. But […]