Low vision : what it's like to live with vision loss / Gordon E. Legge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Legge, Gordon E., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Low vision.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : illustrations (some color)

Other Title:

What it's like to live with vision loss

What it is like to live with vision loss

Place of Publication:

Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2026]

Summary:

Do you have low vision? Do you know someone with low vision? One out of every five people who live into their eighties will encounter vision loss. Some may grow up with healthy vision and then experience vision loss from eye disease later in life. Others may be born with an inherited or congenital condition that results in low vision such as albinism or retinopathy of prematurity. Most people with vision loss have useful remaining vision; we call it low vision. But what can they see? What is the impact of low vision on their daily lives? Put it simply, what's it like to live with low vision? Gordon Legge is a leading vision scientist who has devoted more than 40 years to research on low vision. He has low vision himself, providing him with a unique perspective on the science and its implications. In the book, he describes the diverse nature of low vision, how it is measured and characterized, and its impact on daily experience.

Contents:

Measuring and understanding what people see

The impact of low vision on daily life

Recovery of sight?

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (Oxford Academic, viewed on June 30, 2026).

Other Format:

Print version : Legge, Gordon E. Low vision.

ISBN:

9780198946960

0198946961

9780198946953

0198946953

OCLC:

1570330286

Publisher Number:

CIPO000345078

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license