• VA LV VFQ-48 Reading Domain Scores [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
  

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Primary eye diagnosis (in better seeing eye) of either macular degeneration, macular dystrophy, macular hole or inflammatory disease of the macula
2. Habitual visual acuity (in better seeing eye) better than 20/500 but less than 20/100

Exclusion Criteria:

1. does not have a phone
2. does not speak English
3. has previously received low vision services as part of an inpatient blind rehabilitation program
4. has participated in a low vision program that provided low vision devices to meet reading needs with low vision therapy administered by an occupational therapist or vision rehabilitation professional since most recent significant decrease in vision
5. has English literacy less than 5th grade level
6. has habitual visual acuity in better seeing eye of equal to or better than 20/100, less than or equal to 20/500
7. fails Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status (TICS) screening (score of 30 or lower)
8. has history of stroke with aphasia
9. has other health condition that would preclude follow-up (e.g. significant malignancy or life-threatening disease)
10. is unable or unwilling to attend clinic visits required for the study
11. has severe hearing impairment that interferes with participation in telephone questionnaires
12. reports significant loss of vision since last eye exam
13. has vitreous hemorrhage, serous or hemorrhagic detachment of the macula, clinically significant macular edema or cystoid macular edema that is likely to result in further loss or improvement in vision after treatment in better seeing eye
14. plans cataract extraction in the next 6 months.