• Which low vision aids are helpful for Diabetes?

For early stage Diabetes, Low Powered Hand-held Magnifiers, Stand Magnifiers, Dome and Bar Magnifiers, Spectacle-mounted Magnifiers and Electronic Magnifiers used with good lighting can be helpful.  For recommendations for more specific tasks see the sections on near and distance tasks above.

 

For Advanced Diabetes low powered versions of Hand-held Magnifiers, Stand Magnifiers, Near vision Telescopes and Spectacle-Mounted Magnifiers can be helpful.  High powered would not be as good as they may magnify into the areas of peripheral sight loss. Binoculars may help to improve distance vision and CCTV Electronic Magnifiers can be helpful as the magnification power can be varied.

 

For more information on Diabetes see the page on eye diseases.