4 Topic Commentaries

Looking Beyond the Eye Exam in Geriatric Eye Care

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  Cynthia Owsley, PhD, MSPH

  Vision science; aging and driving safety

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  University of Alabama at Birmingham, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

  Visual acuity tests may not be the best way to identify drivers at risk for crashes.

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  Judith Goldstein, OD, FAAO

  Low vision rehabilitation (optometry)

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  We call it sensory substitution.

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  Pradeep Ramulu, MD, PhD

  Glaucoma; falls and mobility research

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  Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine

  We found that people with glaucoma fell more, but only if you looked at their rate of falls per step taken.

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  Olivia J. Killeen, MD

  Ophthalmology; population vision health

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  Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan

  poor vision is associated with several adverse outcomes for older adults, including depression, dementia, falls, motor vehicle accidents, and even death

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