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Low Vision

Also known as: Partial Sight, Partially Sighted

A visual impairment that cannot be fully corrected by glasses, contact lenses, medication, or surgery, but where some usable vision remains. Low vision encompasses a wide range of conditions and severity levels, typically defined as visual acuity between 20/70 and 20/400 in the better eye with best correction. People with low vision may use a combination of assistive technologies including screen magnifiers, large print, adjusted display settings, and sometimes screen readers to access digital content.

Category: Visual Impairment · conditions · low vision

Related: Visual Acuity · Screen Magnification · Central Vision Loss · Macular Degeneration

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