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Doublereed Archive - Posting 000022.txt from 2003/10
From: "Amy Cook" <ACOOK4@-----.COM>
Subj: RE: [DR-L] Re: bifocals and reading music
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2003 08:46:55 -0400
One of the best retailers of magnifiers and low vision aides is a
company called Independent Living Aids. www.independentlivingaids.com
<http://www.independentlivingaids.com/>
This company caters to low vision therapists and clients, and they have
a wide array of magnifiers.
Speaking as an occupational therapist with specialty knowledge in low
vision, I also recommend increasing illumination when doing close up
work like reed-making. As the eyes age, we lose contrast sensitivity,
leading to the need for better lighting and reduction of glare. There
are some good magnifiers on the market that also include lighting, and
they work wonderfully. Some are head mounted. Another point
re:magnification is that as we increase magnification, the visual field
decreases, so use care in choosing a magnifier for close-up work.
Amy
<<<At 05:46 PM 10/2/2003, you wrote:
Hi -
Mid-range prescription aren't good for reed work. However, they work
well when combined with a magnifying visor that fits over them. If I use
just the visor, I'm only able to focus with one eye. (Magnification
helps so much with tip work. I don't understand why more people don't
use it.)
Good point. I bought a visor with a magnifier - 3X - which I use from
time to time, and it is a superb method to enhance your view of a reed,
as well as other things. I got it in a store in NYC for around $30.00
David
For me, one eye is near-sighted, the other far-sighted, and neither is
good a reading music or titles at the video rental store or prices on
the shelves of grocery stores.
- Phil Freihofner
In a message dated 10/2/03 1:28:11 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
doublereed-l-request@-----.edu writes:
What I ended up doing was to get a special
set of lenses just for the mid-range only, and that worked out fine. I
could focus both on the music page, as well as on the conductor. They
were
a little out of focus for working on reeds, but it was easy enough to
switch to the other regular lenses for that. I thought the "mid-range"
was
a perfect solution to this problem.
