Low Vision Facts - Credits and References

Credits for Industry Profile

This information was compiled by the Technology Transfer Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (T2RERC) as part of the Industry Profile of Vision Impairment. Please visit the T2RERC Web site at http://cosmos.buffalo.edu/t2rerc/research/industry-profile/IP/vi-buy.htm for additional information or to purchase the complete Industry Profile on Visual Impairment. The T2RERC is funded by the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research of the Department of Education, under grant number H133E030025.

All links provided on this page are provided by the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center on Technology Transfer (T2RERC) at the University of Buffalo.

References

American Academy of Ophthalmology (2003b). Medical library: Cataract
American Macular Degeneration Foundation (AMDF) (2003). Wet and dry Macular degeneration.
American Optometric Association (2004a). What is a Doctor of Optometry?
Anard, R. (2003). Eye tests. Gonioscopy.
Annis, E.R. (2000). Synergism...working toward excellence in eye care today:
Bianco, C. (2002). Howstuffworks. How vision works.
Blind Babies Foundation (2002). Pediatric visual diagnosis fact sheet: Optic nerve atrophy.
Canadian Association of Optometrists (2003). Eye information: Your child’s vision.
Cassin, B., & Soloman, S. (1997). Dictionary of eye terminology. Gainesville, FL: TRIAD Publishing Company. Third Edition.
Chylack, L.T. (2000). Age-related cataract. In B. Silverstone, M.A. Lang, B.P.
Rosenthal, & E.E. Faye (eds.). Vision impairment and vision rehabilitation. New York: Oxford University Press.
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Eyes on Diabetes (2004). What is diabetic retinopathy?
Foundation for Fighting Blindness (FFB) (2003). Retinitis Pigmentosa.
Glaucoma Research Foundation (2003). What is glaucoma?
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Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA) (2004). Credentialed AT service provider display.
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Sowka, J.W., Gurwood, A.S., and Kabat, A.G. (2001). Optic nerve head hypoplasia.
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Younge, B.R. (2001). Optic Neuropathy: Anterior Ischemic.

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