Vision Rehabilitation Research

Visual impairment is seldom life threatening, nevertheless, it is among the most disabling of medical conditions, especially in older adults.

In 1999, the Institute of Ophthalmology inaugurated a new division devoted to the study of visual impairment (low vision), its impact, and its rehabilitation. The division's activities are distributed among three interwoven laboratories.

• The Low Vision Psychophysics Laboratory concentrates on the study of everyday task performance by people with vision impairment.
• The Vision Impairment Population Laboratory is devoted to the study of the impact of vision impairment in the population.
• The Clinical Low Vision Research Laboratory is dedicated to evaluating and advancing state of the art low vision care.