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Olympian Marla Runyan Gives Advice to those Living with Low Vision

Posted on: Jun 18, 2009

Check out the video above and watch Olympian Marla Runyan explain how products like Enhanced Vision’s Flipper can help you live easier when you are living with low vision. You can see up objects or even people close or far away with assistive technology like the Flipper, Acrobat LCD and JORDY. Check out our website for more […]

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Blindfolds Teach Empathy for Visually Impaired

Posted on: Jun 17, 2009

Close your eyes for a minute. Now imagine trying to cross the street at a busy downtown Lawrence intersection, the only thing to guide you being the sound of the cars whizzing by. A group of four graduate students from Missouri State University were in town Thursday, trying to navigate downtown Lawrence — blindfolded. Rebecca […]

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Great Father’s Day Ideas for your Dad!

Posted on: Jun 15, 2009

This Father’s Day, give your dad the gift of sight! Enhanced Vision has helped thousands regain their indepedence by providing the ability to read, write, watch TV, enjoy hobbies and live an active life again. Enhanced Vision develops leading assistive technolgoy to create a full line of superior, easy-to-use low vision tools at affordable prices. We pride ourselves for […]

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Oily fish ‘can halt eye disease’

Posted on: Jun 11, 2009

People with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) should eat oily fish at least twice a week to keep their eye disease at bay, say scientists. Omega-3 fatty acids found in abundance in fish like mackerel and salmon appear to slow or even halt the progress of both early and late stage disease. The researchers base their […]

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Enhanced Vision Supports America’s Leading Event for Blind & Visually Impaired

Posted on: Jun 08, 2009

Enhanced Vision, America’s leading manufacturer of magnifying solutions for the visually impaired, announced today it is proud to support the 2009 VISION 5K Run & Walk in Boston, MA this Saturday, June 7th. The unique event is the only 5k championship race in the country where blind athletes compete directly against sighted athletes in a […]

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ANOTHER Cure for Blindness??? A Contact Lens?

Posted on: Jun 05, 2009

MILLIONS of blind and partially sighted people could be given their sight back after a major breakthrough by scientists. A simple contact lens has been created that has restored sight in just a matter of days. The revolutionary finding could cure corneal blindness – a condition that affects 5,000 people in Britain and millions worldwide. […]

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Possible Cure For Blindness: Implanting a Telescope in Your Eye

Posted on: Jun 05, 2009

A miniature telescope, which can be implanted in the eye, might help the blind see—assuming it passes clinical trials. Remember how Galileo could see through his telescope, even when he had a degenerative eye disease? Now imagine inserting a miniature telescope directly in the eyeball—that’s exactly how VisionCare Inc. plans on restoring sight for people […]

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Merlin helps Edythe Piccione keep her painting passion thriving

Posted on: May 27, 2009

Read her Life Story below: Edythe Piccione is a young at heart senior citizen and a professional artist. Edythe has been painting for 28 years, and five years ago she was diagnosed with Macular Degeneration. Edythe was worried she would not be able to paint the same way again. Piccione read about Dr. Scott Hearing’s […]

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Watch How JORDY Helps Derek Fincham and His Low Vision

Posted on: May 22, 2009

                  Derek Fincham is West Virginia’s Mountaineer mascot and an inspiration to many. You would never know by looking at him but he suffers from a low vision impairment. Thanks to the JORDY, he can read with ease. See how you too can benfit from low vision assistive technology.

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Enhanced Vision’s ABC Commerical

Posted on: May 21, 2009

Please enjoy Enhanced Vision’s first ever 30 second commercial. The commerical has been aired in Florida and Northern California. Enhanced Vision is very excited to air the commerical in many more areas in the country as well in the near future, stay tuned!

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