Low Vision Services

Low Vision Clinic Lions Low Vision Center of Texas

The newly constructed Lions Low Vision Center of Texas, located at 8403 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, Texas [map], is an interdisciplinary center for low vision evaluation, resources and rehabilitation. The Center is a community partnership of the University of Texas Health Science Center School of Medicine/Department of Ophthalmology, The School of Allied Health Sciences/Department of Occupational Therapy, and the Lions Clubs International. Individuals whose vision cannot be corrected by traditional means, such as eye glasses or surgery, may benefit from services and devices to make the most of their vision.

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Services Provided:

Low Vision Evaluation - An optometrist specializing in low vision assesses the level of functional vision. The goal is to determine how to use remaining vision effectively to perform necessary or desired tasks with the help of low vision devices.

Dynavision Rehabilitation - The Dynavision is a device to help rehabilitate patients with visual and motor problems. The Dynavision can help improve scanning strategies, eye/hand coordination and reaction time, visual attention, and visual processing.

Activities of Daily Living - Occupational therapists specializing in low vision collaborate with the optometrist to evaluate a person's level of function in every day activities. Areas of evaluation and treatment include but are not limited to : reading, writing, diabetes self-management, cooking, home management and safety.

The Lions Low Vision is located at 8403 Floyd Curl Drive, San Antonio, TX 78229 [map].

Patients or their eye doctors can call Monday - Fridays from 8:00AM to 4:30 PM for appointments.
Phone (210) 567-8600
FAX (210) 567-8609

The UTHSCSA Department of Ophthalmology is an active sponsor of the San Antonio Low Vision Club (www.lowvisionclub.com).

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Low Vision Links

August 2004, UTHSCSA Mission magazine: Eye of the Beholder: Lions Low Vision Center - helping people with severe vision impairments see life in a whole new way

Prevent Blindness Texas
San Antonio Lighthouse
San Antonio Low Vision Club
Occupational Therapist
Warm Springs Rehabilitation
Texas Commission for the Blind
AACOG
Lions Sight Research Foundation

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