The number of visually impaired people in the Netherlands is about 320,000, which is set to rise to 354,000 by the year 2020. As an optometrist, I see and advise about 10 patients attending my low vision clinic on a daily basis. Patients are usually referred to the low vision clinic by an ophthalmologist and undergo a full visual function examination. Such low vision clinics are to be found in the ophthalmology department of almost every hospital in the Netherlands.
E-scoop
The E-Scoop is a lens especially designed to offer useful and comfortable vision for people who have age-related macular degeneration. E-scoop incorporates five distinct optical elements:
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