American Academy of Optometry

Type: Organization

Name: American Academy of Optometry

First reported Jun 11 2013 - Updated Jun 11 2013 - 1 reports

Ferris State University instructor appointed to position on national optometry board

Amy Dinardo, an assistant professor in Ferris? , was recently reappointed to the committee, which is tasked with improving communication between the AOA and optometry faculty working throughout the U.S. ?I am highly involved in organized optometry, so ... [Published Grand Rapids Press - Jun 11 2013]

Entities: Optometry, Ferris State University, Appointed, American Academy of Optometry

First reported May 31 2013 - Updated May 31 2013 - 1 reports

John Amos, OD, to Be Inducted Into National Optometry Hall of Fame

ST. LOUIS.—John F. Amos, OD, will be inducted into the National Optometry Hall of Fame during a ceremony at Optometry’s Meeting on Thursday, June 27, at 7 pm.Amos received his BS and OD from the Illinois College of Optometry and his MS from Indiana University. ... [Published Vision Monday - May 31 2013]

Entities: Optometry, John Amos, American Academy of Optometry, American Optometric Association

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Advanced Micro Devices Inc

Rehab for AMD Vision Loss

share this storyResearch on "visual plasticity" in older adults suggests that perceptual learning techniques such as those used for children with "lazy eye" syndrome may provide a useful new approach to rehabilitation in patients with central vision loss ... [Published ThirdAge - May 29 2013]

Entities: Advanced Micro Devices Inc, American Academy of Optometry, Rehabilitation, Optometry, Macular Degeneration

First reported May 29 2013 - Updated May 29 2013 - 1 reports

Older Patients With Central Vision Loss Benefit From Preferred Retinal Location

Perceptual learning techniques may provide a useful new approach to rehabilitation in patients with central vision loss - taking advantage of visual plasticity that persists even in old age, according to a special article in the June issue of Optometry ... [Published Big News Network - May 29 2013]

Entities: Retinal, Patient, American Academy of Optometry, Wolters Kluwer Health, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 1 reports

University of Alabama at Birmingham

Former UAB dean to be inducted to National Optometry Hall of Fame

Former University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Optometry (UABSO) Dean and Professor John F. Amos, O.D., will soon join an elite group of optometrists.The National Optometry Hall of Fame, administered by Optometry Cares$ - The American Optometric ... [Published Noodls - May 28 2013]

Entities: Optometry, University of Alabama at Birmingham, American Academy of Optometry, American Optometric Association

First reported May 28 2013 - Updated May 28 2013 - 2 reports

'Preferred retinal location' may aid rehabilitation in patients with central vision loss

) - Perceptual learning techniques may provide a useful new approach to rehabilitation in patients with central vision losstaking advantage of visual plasticity that persists even in old age, according to a special article in the June issue of Optometry ... [Published Bio-Medicine - May 28 2013]

Entities: Retinal, Patient, Rehabilitation

First reported Jan 08 2013 - Updated Jan 08 2013 - 1 reports

Visual Science

Why AMD Patients Don't Recognize Faces

AMD and Loss of Facial Recognition share this storyPatients with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) often have trouble recognizing faces, and a new study indicates that certain eye movements and “fixation” may explain the phenomenon.AMD , the leading ... [Published ThirdAge - Jan 08 2013]

Entities: Age-Related Macular Degeneration, Patient, Facial Nerve, American Academy of Optometry, Visual Science

Quotes

A release from the publishers quotes the paper's author, Susana T L Chung, OD, PhD, FAAO, as saying, "Alternative rehabilitation strategies need to be developed to improve the functional vision of people with central vision loss, which hopefully will lead to an improved quality of life."

Rehab for AMD Vision Loss [Published ThirdAge - May 29 2013]

"I am humbled and honored to have been selected for induction into the National Optometry Hall of Fame" said Amos. Amos received his B S and O D from the Illinois College of Optometry and his M S from Indiana University...

Former UAB dean to be inducted to National Optometry Hall of Fame [Published Noodls - May 28 2013]

...Anthony Adams, OD, PhD, Editor-in-Chief of Optometry and Vision Science, comments: "This award-winning author explored whether the new 'preferred retinal location' (PRL) in these typically older patients adopted important properties of the original fovea and hence provide evidence that even the older brain's visual cortex shows plasticity."

'Preferred retinal location' may aid rehabilitation in patients with central vision loss [Published Bio-Medicine - May 28 2013]

...In addition, they would likely need continued practice in order to retain the improvement in reading speed. Dr Chung concludes, "The presence of this experience-dependent plasticity offers us an exciting opportunity to adopt perceptual learning as an alternative rehabilitative strategy for improving visual functions for people with central vision loss."

'Preferred retinal location' may aid rehabilitation in patients with central vision loss [Published EurekAlert! - May 28 2013]