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Posted by Fluf E. Bunny on May 05, 1999 at 02:04:17 PM EDT:
In Reply to: HELP PLEASE ABOUT BIOPTICS AND DRIVING posted by Anne Harris on May 04, 1999 at 06:28:46 AM EDT:
: Hello my name is Anne and I am from New Zealand and I
: would love to hear from anyone that can tell me about
: where BiOptics can be purchased and what if it can help me obtain a licence
: me obtain a licence as our laws are 20/40 acuity and my vision is 6/36 and i
: AM STILL finding out what that menas. This website has been a godsend as I
: FELT very isolated talking about low vision and albinism. Any help would be greatly
: any help would be greatly appreciated.
: Tahnks ANNE
Anne:
From what I understand, 6/36 would translate
into 20/120. My Opthamologist found me to be 5/30,
which is also 20/120, since it is a 1/6 ratio.
The reason they use the different numbers for people
like us with low vision (someone correct me if I'm
wrong) is because we have to read from a different
(closer) eye chart than everyone else does to test
our vision accurately. (I believe the standard 20ft
reference eye charts only have 20/100 and 20/200
lines, so if you are 20/120, you would only be able
to read up to the 20/200 line on them.) At a guess,
you will probably need a 3x BiOptic or better to
read 20/40. Usually (at least here in the US) you
have to go through a low vision specialist to get
the BiOptics, but not all low vision people
will deal with BiOptics for various reasons. I
would check around with as many low vision
specialists in your area as you can find and ask
if they prescribe BiOptic telescopes.
Not sure what to tell you about BiOptic
driving in New Zealand. You might check with
Chuck Huss, he has helped several others on the
webboard find more information regarding BiOptic
driving in their states/countries/etc.
I visited the north island back in '93--what a
beautiful country! Unfortunately the people
I stayed with seemed to think rugby was about
the only viable activity left in the world 8-).
And if I'm ever suffering from a sheep deficiency,
I know right where to go!
Best of luck to you Anne, and all the other Kiwis
out there who share your desire to drive,
Fluf
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