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Author:

Chapman, Bill G.

Title:

Coping with vision loss : maximizing what you can see and do / Bill G. Chapman ; illustrated by George H. Pollock.

Publisher:

Distributed to the trade by Publishers Group West,

Copyright Date:

c2001

Description:

xviii, 282 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Vision disorders--Popular works.
Low vision--Popular works.
Large type books.
Vision Disorders--Popular Works.
Vision, Low--Popular Works.
Vision disorders.
Large print books.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 274-275) and index.

Contents:

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 -- Endnotes -- Bibliography -- Index.

ISBN:

9780897933162 (pbk.)
0897933168 (pbk.)
9780897933179 (cloth)
0897933176 (cloth)

LCCN:

00054688

Locations:

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)