A bioptic telescope on one lens of a pair of glasses used to magnify traffic signs and lights may not prevent the wider view of the road with the second eye, study suggests. A study by scientists at ...

For people with low vision who need bioptic telescopic glasses to drive, previous driving experience and the need for more training hours are the main factors affecting performance on driver's license ...

Glasses embedded with a telescope promise to make it easier for people with impaired vision to drive and do other activities requiring sharper distance vision. Schepens Eye Research Institute ...

Small bioptic telescopes mounted on glasses to help people with visual impairments have been in existence for about 60 years and are allowed for use in driving by 39 states in the U.S. Most of them ...

The low-vision device used for driving is a bioptic telescope. The bioptic is a spectacle-mounted system consisting of a relatively small telescope (Galilean or Keplerian) mounted in the superior ...

Patients with low vision may not be aware of their options for use of bioptic telescopic glasses while driving, but the International Academy of Low Vision Specialists (IALVS) has released information ...

CHARLESTON — Fully two decades now, Tonya Conley has been getting to work and back with the aid of special telescopic lenses enabling her to drive a motor vehicle. In all that time, her driving record ...

Wearing a bioptic telescope on his glasses, Dustin Jones, who is visually impaired, is able to drive. On an interstate heading into Birmingham, Ala., Dustin Jones merges a small white SUV into the ...

Upward of 200 potential motorists in West Virginia might seek permission to operate a vehicle while using bioptic telescopic lenses to enhance impaired vision, says Motor Vehicle Commissioner Joseph ...

On an interstate heading into Birmingham, Ala., Dustin Jones merges a small white SUV into the flow of traffic. This might seem unremarkable, but Jones has a genetic condition that reduces his ...