The field of low vision is an area of concern in ophthalmology that unfortunately has been neglected over the years eleanor e faye md is one of the recognized leaders in this nevertheless important field the second edition of clinical low vision is a comprehensive vision like the first edition this one has 17 contributing authors but 14 are new to this edition. Clinical low vision is an excellent text for the practitioner who is interested in comprehensive care of the patient with poor visual acuity as ophthalmic techniques improve more patients are having their vision at least partially restored they need not sit in the dark lamenting their fate such aids as head borne lenses absorptive lenses hand held lenses stand or fixed magnifiers telescopic devices and closed circuit television are discussed in helpful detail moderate emphasis is . Reviewed the clinical records of 118 patients who visited our low vision clinic more than twice according to the data analyzed optic nerve atrophy retinal degeneration diabetic retinopathy and age related macular degeneration were the most common causes of low vision in these patients the best corrected visual. Additional physical format online version clinical low vision boston little brown c1984 ocolc644605166 document type book all authors contributors. Semantic scholar extracted view of clinical low vision by e e faye skip to search form skip to main content semantic scholars logo search sign in create free account you are currently offline some features of the site may not work correctly doi 101097 00006324 198503000 00014 corpus id 71770948 clinical low vision inproceedingsfaye1976clinicallv titleclinical low vision