These can be expensive and sometimes inappropriate for particular visual difficulties. Let your doctor or low vision specialist guide you to the magnification aids that are right for you. In general, as we get older, we need more lighting to do familiar tasks. It is especially important to have good lighting in high-risk fall areas like stairways. The type of lighting you choose depends upon your condition and the type of task you routinely perform in any given area.
Fluorescent lights disperse light evenly without shadows over a wide area.
If you use a magnifier, place a light between the magnifier and paper to sharpen the image. When watching television or working on a computer, color filters can reduce glare and sharpen images. There are a variety of talking products that engage the ears instead. In addition to talking clocks, watches and timers, we carry talking tape measures , calculators , scales , thermometers and pill timers . Books on tape are an alternative for the avid reader with failing eyesight and these can be found in most bookstores and libraries.