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Assistive technology and low vision aids can help people with low vision to maintain or increase their independence. Low vision therapist Heidi Panchaud and high technology assessor Dave Johnston explain how professional staff at the Waterloo Eye Institute help patients choose and adjust to using the aids right for them. 

Patented bandage contact lens material could release drugs as needed to help eye abrasions heal faster.

New School of Optometry & Vision Science research centre poised to make advancements in understanding diseases and conditions of the eye and beyond.

An estimated 90 per cent of concussion patients experience some visual symptoms in the early days following a concussion. Some patients continue to experience symptoms for months or years following concussion.

Macular degeneration is a common eye disease that affects the retina – the light-sensitive area at the back of the eye responsible for detailed vision. Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of vision loss, affecting some 2.5 million Canadians.

Dr. Krista Kelly is working to better understand how amblyopia, or ‘lazy eye’, affects children’s everyday lives, with the goal of developing better treatments.

Glaucoma is called 'the silent thief of sight' because irreversible damage can occur before there are noticeable symptoms. It's one of the most common causes of blindness, but early detection can mean you never experience any symptoms.

The Centre for Eye and Vision Research (CEVR), a Hong Kong-based collaboration between the University of Waterloo and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, recently won gold medals for both the inventions it entered in the Asia Exhibition of Innovations and Inventions Hong Kong. 

Waterloo Eye Institute Low Vision Clinic helps Syrian refugee get special glasses that will allow him to drive.

Stories of just some of the approximately 200 refugee patients a year Dr. Lisa Woo remembers seeing at the Health Sciences Optometry Clinic (HSOC) in downtown Kitchener, run by the University of Waterloo School of Optometry and Vision Science.