Distance telescope: A survey of user success

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 260-269

  Lowe, John B ^a   Rubinstein, Martin P ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Distance magnification; Low vision; Low vision telescopes; Rehabilitation; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; APPARATUS; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL ADAPTATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; ADAPTATION; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PROSTHESES AND ORTHOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECTACLES; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISUAL DISORDER;

BINOCULAR VISION; DISEASES; PATIENT TREATMENT;

DISTANCE TELESCOPES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

OPTICAL TELESCOPES;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 0033625237     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200005000-00013     Document Type: Article

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