Low Vision Blog

Enhanced Vision in June 2010, announced the launch of the Pebble Portable 4.3 Low Vision Magnifier.  As the leading developer in low vision assist technologies, Enhanced Vision maintains a devotion to improving low vision technology, assisting the millions of Americans with low vision needs providing innovative low vision support devices.  Within the first month announcing […]

By Denise DeWitt A new product just approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is offering new hope to elderly patients with end-stage age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The implantable, miniature telescope is considered breakthrough technology to help offset the effects of AMD, which results in functional vision loss and is the leading cause of […]

Enhanced Vision, the leading developer of low vision devices, is having a monthly drawing on their website for a chance to win PEBBLE! Pebble’s small lightweight design makes it the perfect companion whether you’re travelling or at home. Easily read labels, prescriptions, price tags, menus, bus schedules and so much more with this ultra-portable video […]

Below is a testimonial from Tresca Pennington, she was the lucky winner of the monthly Pebble drawing for June 2010! In 1998, at 16 years old, I recall of one fateful ophthalmologist visit – the good doctor’s words, “progressive vision loss due to Stargardt’s Disease…legally blind already…and low vision devices”. Back then, A DEVICE sounded […]

A famous local artist, Virginia Doyle, has graciously lent her work to Benetech/Bookshare for display on conference room and hall walls. The unique aspect of this display is that in 2002, Virginia was diagnosed with macular degeneration, a medical condition of the eye that makes it difficult or impossible to read or recognize faces.  This […]

View this e-mail Online July 2010 Welcome to the Enhanced Vision monthly newsletter. Find out more about what we have to offer at www.enhancedvision.com. Upgraded Version of the Pebble Low Vision Magnifier Enhanced Vision launched their latest addition, Pebble 4.3, to their line of portable magnifiers. Pebble 4.3, with its larger 4.3″ LCD screen is […]

Brian McKeever never set out to be a trailblazer for elite athletes with a disability. The legally blind cross-country skier from Canmore, Alta., just wanted to push the limits of his own ability. But when he tackles an Olympic cross-country trail in the Callaghan Valley in February against the world’s best endurance athletes, the man […]

Enhanced Vision launched their latest addition, Pebble 4.3, to their line of portable magnifiers. Pebble 4.3, with its larger 4.3” LCD screen is an upgraded version of its predecessor Pebble 3.5, a powerful handheld device that provides independence to the 15 Million+ Americans with low vision.

The Huntington Beach fire department lent us a hand in putting up our new flag for flag day 2010!

WVU mascot uses technology that keeps him focused When Derek Fincham was 2 months old, his parents noticed something wrong with his vision. His eyes were crossed and constantly moved back and forth. An eye specialist diagnosed his problem as ocular albinism, the absence of pigment in the eyes, which causes a variety of problems. […]