No Risk Low Vision Promise

You may have been told by your eye doctor that nothing can be done to help you. You may be hesitant to schedule an appointment with a doctor dedicated to helping persons with low vision achieve their goals. Having special glasses that will allow you to return to activities that you’ve given up may sound too good to be true.

To help you decide to schedule a low vision evaluation I make the following promises:
1. I will accept you for a low vision evaluation only after I have interviewed you on the telephone and I sincerely believe I can help.
2. If I accept you as a low vision patient it is because, as a result of your answers to my questions, I believe that you will benefit from low vision glasses or other devices.
3. During the first few minutes of the visit I will demonstrate to you that I can help you see better. The remainder of the evaluation will be used to determine the best low vision devices for your needs. The evaluation fee is $235.
4. If, during the first few minutes, I cannot demonstrate that I can help you see better, the evaluation will be terminated and there will be no fee charged.
5. During the evaluation I will show you exactly how various low vision glasses will help you. You will see exactly how they help and what they look like.
6. At the end of the evaluation I will tell you exactly which glasses I am prescribing for you and their cost. You will have the opportunity to choose how much help you want and how much you wish to pay.
7. When you receive your low vision glasses I will again demonstrate that they help you more than your previous glasses. If you do not see an improvement the fees that you paid for the glasses will be refunded. The evaluation fee is non-refundable.

I make these promises based on years of experience helping persons with macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy and other eye diseases. Because of this experience I have the skills to identify people who I can help and to prescribe appropriate low vision glasses for their needs. Call me for a free telephone consultation. 1 866 321-2030 (toll free)

Dr. David L. Armstrong, Optometrist

About Low Vision

Low vision is not the same as blindness. A person with low vision has some useful sight but has difficulty with the performance of daily activities. Conventional glasses do not provide sufficient vision for reading watching TV, using a computor, driving and other visual activities. Many eye conditions cause low vision.

A low vision doctor, like Dr. Armstrong, is often able to prescribe special glasses or other devices which magnify what is seen, making it easier to see. Many people who have been told that they are legally blind can be helped. When possible, we prefer to prescribe the magnification in glasses so both hands are free.

Patients with macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy or other conditions are often told by their doctor that nothing can be done that will help. The doctor is correct that nothing can be done to cure these conditions causing low vision. A low vision doctor can help by evaluating the remaining vision and prescribing microscopic or telescopic eyeglasses that maximize the remaining vision.

To schedule a low vision evaluation call toll free 866 321-2030 for a free telephone consultation with Dr. Armstrong. Dr. Armstrong always speaks with low vision patients by phone and questions them to determine if low vision glasses will help. The appointment is only made when Dr. Armstrong feels that he will be able to help the person.

Low vision glasses are prescribed to meet the needs of each person so the costs vary. Usually low vision glasses for reading cost between $750 and $850. Telescopic glasses for driving or distance vision cost between $1750 and $2000.

Medicare, supplemental and other insurances do not pay for either the low vision evaluation or for the low vision glasses.















































Thursday, May 28, 2009

Woman With Macular Degeneration is Able to Return to Driving


When she came to me for a low vision evaluation Laura Stanley's goals were:
1. To be able to read letters, newspapers, medicine labels
2. Return to driving
3. See the television picture better
4. Recognize peoples faces
As a result of her low vision evaluation I was able to help Mrs. Stanley achieve all of those goals.

Mrs. Stanley suffers from macular degeneration and with her glasses was able to see only 20/120 with her better eye. Not sufficient to drive in Virginia. She hoped to be able to obtain telescopic glasses and get a Virginia driver's permit allowing her to drive with them.

Through testing her vision with various types of low vision glasses I determined that 1.7X bioptic telescopic glasses which included her eyeglass prescription allowed her to read 20/70 letters with each eye. That meets the DMV requirement to drive with bioptics. The same glasses help her recognize her friends faces from a greater distance.

For television I prescribed wide angle telescopic glasses adjusted for the distance of her TV. A cap with a convex lens can be placed over the left telescopic lens and is used for reading.

Two months after receiving her telescopic glasses Mrs. Stanley returned to me for certification to apply for the special drivers permit. She passed that easily wearing the bioptics and was able to return to driving.

Mrs. Stanley told me, "These glasses are really worth the money. I can read and see TV better. I have used them at meetings and was able to see the person leading it better. I am looking forward to getting back to driving."

If your vision is keeping you from doing the things that you'd like to do give me a call. I'll talk it over with you and tell you on the phone if I can help you. I do not accept low vision patients unless I feel that I will be able to help them achieve their goals. Call me toll free at 1 866 321-2030.
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