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Case Reports
. 1983 Feb;95(2):243-5.
doi: 10.1016/0002-9394(83)90020-x.

A multipurpose low-vision aid

A Safir, D Loupe, E S Naccari, A J Fitzgerald
Case Reports

A multipurpose low-vision aid

A Safir et al. Am J Ophthalmol. 1983 Feb.

Abstract

We constructed a low-vision aid for a 61-year-old patient who had familial macular degeneration and a visual acuity of 20/300. The aid consisted of a spectacle lens incorporating his distance prescription as the carrier, a high-plus bifocal reading addition, and the high-minus ocular lens of a Galilean telescope of variable magnification. The objective lens of the telescope can be carried as a folding, dual-lens, hand magnifier.

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