Can Ocular Albinism be Prevented?
#LIVE2.0 #Review Living with Ocular Albinism is a lifelong handicap that limits your experience of the world to blurry and distorted images. According to a statistical finding, Ocular Albinism affects 1 male in 20,000 births. For the people who are affected by this low vision condition, seeing the world through the lens of Ocular Albinism […]
Eye Injury Treatment & Electronic Glasses for Low Vision
#LIVE2.0 #Review The after-effects of an eye injury depend upon the severity of the damage as well the part of the damaged eye. Though most eye injuries can be treated through proper and immediate medical intervention, however in some cases, they may lead to temporary or permanent vision loss. Some of the main causes of […]
Can Ocular Albinism be Corrected with Prescription Glasses?
#LIVE2.0 #Review Your vision is one of the most essential and indispensable of all your senses. It plays a key role in overcoming daily life challenges, beginning from when you learn to read and write as a child, to becoming a fully independent adult capable of looking after yourself. But if Ocular Albinism steals […]
Symptoms of Ocular Albinism & its Effects on Vision Health
#LIVE2.0 #Review Each year, 1 in 20,000 males falls victim to the genetic mutation that causes Ocular Albinism and thereby becomes visually incapacitated for the rest of his life Ocular Albinism is one of the two main types of Albinism, the second type being Oculocutaneous Albinism. Ocular Albinism only affects the eyes, so people […]
Award-Winning Low Vision Solution in a Light Weight Design
#LIVE2.0 #Review For the past several years IrisVision has been championing the mission to deliver innovative and affordable solutions at the intersection of digital health and vision science. The award winning low vision solution, IrisVision Live, was the first smart assistive technology device designed with special software lenses that use an individual’s remaining vision and amplifies it to […]
Eye Injury Prevention: Indoors & Outdoors
#LIVE2.0 #Review While it’s true that many eye injuries occur at workplaces – such as in labor-intensive jobs or where workers need to work closely with hazardous chemicals or heavy machinery. However, there’s no denying that simple and seemingly harmless indoor activities could also be a cause of severe eye injury. While 2.5 […]
Signs & Symptoms of an Eye Injury
#LIVE2.0 #Review There might be several instances when you’ve experienced swelling, redness, or pain in your eyes. Either due to trivial incidents, such as when irritants like shampoo entering the eye or extreme conditions such as foreign objects penetrating the eye – but how do you know if this has seriously damaged your eye? Or, […]
Ocular Albinism and its Prevalence in Males
#LIVE2.0 #Review At some point, you probably would have come across a person who had strikingly unusual white skin, light-colored hair (of eyebrows and eyelashes too), and bluish eyes. This distinctly light shade of the hair, skin, and eyes in people is caused by an absence of the coloring pigment, melanin.This condition is termed ‘Albinism’, and […]
IrisVision Assistive Technology Helping Low Vision Individuals See New Possibilities
#LIVE2.0 #Review IrisVision Live, the predecessor to IrisVision Inspire, was a revolutionary in the low-vision assistive device market, changing the lives of the visually impaired and legally blind community around the globe. IrisVision Live, the practical implementation of the idea of wearable technology, leverages the areas of the eye that are still functional, maximizing […]
Love Your Eyes? Find out through the World Sight Day Quiz
#LIVE2.0 #Review 80% of what we see and perceive is owed to our sense of sight. But do we love our eye enough to know the basics of vision health. Let’s take the fun quiz below to test your knowledge.
