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- Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- Geographic Atrophy
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Tips to Help Improve Your Vision With Geographic Atrophy
Medically Reviewed by Whitney Seltman, OD on February 22, 2023
Written by Kara Mayer Robinson
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Choose Warm, Soft Lighting
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Choose Warm, Soft Lighting
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Embrace Large Print
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Stock Up on Magnifiers
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Try an Electronic Magnifying System
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Learn to Use Your Peripheral Vision
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Try a Variety of Adaptive Aids
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Use Specialty Glasses
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Switch to Audio
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Try Vision Rehabilitation
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SOURCES:
American Printing House for the Blind: “Coping with Geographic Atrophy, the Advanced Stage of Dry Macular Degeneration,” “Overview of Low Vision Devices,” “What Is Low Vision?”
Low Vision Specialists: “Low Vision Aids.”
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled Library Congress: “Large Print Materials.”
Prevent Blindness: “What is Geographic Atrophy (GA)?
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