Dr. Randolph Kinkade
(800) 756-0677
(800) 756-0677
Cheshire - Danbury - Farmington - Litchfield - Manchester - Norwalk - Waterford
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| E-Scoop |
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| Dr. Randolph Kinkade with Marianne Girard wearing E-Scoops |
Mrs. Marianne Girard, a 76-year-old who lives in
Seymour, Connecticut, and suffers from macular degeneration, uses these new E-Scoop glasses
to help her drive more confidently and watch television. “I really need them for driving and they make
all the difference for watching TV,” said Mrs. Girard. “I even use them to play bocce!”
Macular Degeneration is the leading cause of legal
blindness and reading impairment in the country. These lenses can help vision by improving
clarity for some people. “These lenses
cannot make vision perfect, but they do make things better,” said Dr. Kinkade. “They also assist with night driving and
glare reduction.”
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| E-Scoop Glasses |
Macular Degeneration is a progressive disease that
leads to damage of cells in the retina in the back of the eye. Specifically, it affects the central vision
in the area called the macula.
When the macula is damaged, vision is blurred or
distorted. When this happens individuals have difficulty seeing well enough to
do activities that require fine detail vision like reading, driving,
recognizing faces and watching television.
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| Patient with E-Scoops |
“It is all about the physics and particularly
precision optics,” said Dr. Kinkade. By
combining six different optical properties into a two lens system, vision can
often be enhanced. “We start with the patient’s prescription and then add prism
to move the image to a healthy seeing part of the macula,” said Dr.
Kinkade.
People with macular degeneration lose some or all of
their central straight-ahead vision over time, but their peripheral side vision
is not affected. Often this means they see better looking slightly to the side,
rather than looking straight ahead.
E-Scoop lenses provide some magnification by using a
combination of special lens curvature and thickness. The lenses also incorporate a custom yellow
filter and anti-reflective coatings. Dr. Kinkade reports, “this is an example
of two lenses definitely being better than one”.
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| Patient with E-Scoops |
E-Scoops were developed by
Frans Oosterhof, a Dutch optometrist, who won the Herman Wijffels Award for
optics in Holland. Dr. Kinkade has met
with Dr. Oosterhof and continues to meet semi-annually with other members of
IALVS to study optics and research new ways to help patients with macular
degeneration. For more information on
E-scoop lenses visit www.IALVS.org.
(800) 756-0677
www.LowVisionEyeglasses.com
DrKinkade@SeeandHearAmerica.com
Cheshire - Danbury - Farmington - Litchfield - Manchester - Norwalk - Waterford
www.LowVisionEyeglasses.com
DrKinkade@SeeandHearAmerica.com
Cheshire - Danbury - Farmington - Litchfield - Manchester - Norwalk - Waterford
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