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Coping with vision loss maximizing what you can see and do Cover Image Large Print Book

Coping with vision loss [large print] : maximizing what you can see and do / Bill G. Chapman, Doctor of Rehabilitation Psychology and Rehabilitation Administration ; illustrated by George H. Pollock.

Chapman, Bill G., (author.). Moore, Lin, Dr, (writer of foreword.).

Summary:

The author, himself legally blind for 30 years, shows how people with severe vision loss can be trained and equipped to function as sighted, providing information and guidance on improving life through visual rehabilitation.

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  • ISBN: 0897933168
  • ISBN: 9780897933162
  • ISBN: 0897933176
  • ISBN: 9780897933179
  • Physical Description: xviii, 282 pages (large print) : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: large print, 1st edition
  • Publisher: Alameda, Calif. : Hunter House, 2001.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 274-275) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Visual acuity -- Understanding the eye -- How we see -- Eye fatigue and pain -- Emotional issues -- Doctors -- Perks and privileges -- Cataracts -- Diabetic retinopathy -- Glaucoma -- Macular degeneration -- Retinitis pigmentosa -- The first principle: get closer -- Eccentric viewing -- Scanning -- Light -- Contrast enhancement -- Talking appliances and large-print products -- Magnification: make it bigger -- Low-vision aids and their use -- How much magnification? -- Video visual aids -- Elvis [LVES--Low Vision Enhancement System] and Jordy -- Aids for the computer user -- Special aids for field loss -- Aids for driving -- Aids for watching television -- Aids for writing -- Handling money -- Playing cards (and analyzing visual tasks) -- Reading a watch -- A survival kit -- Education -- Driving with telescopic glasses: an introduction -- Driving with telescopic glasses: a training program -- Misconceptions about driving with telescopic glasses -- Epilogue -- Appendix A: an eye test chart -- Appendix B: Sources of help -- Appendix C: instructions for building a light plate.

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Vision disorders > Popular works.
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