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Supporting language development in children with vision impairment

Supporting language development in children with vision impairment

Cirta Tooth explains the significant role of vision in language development and how eye care professionals can support children with language and literacy development when they have a vision impairmen...

Safeguarding 1: Children

Safeguarding 1: Children

In his first CPD article for Optician, optometrist and safeguarding lead Usman Rasul introduces the topic of child safeguarding and outlines optical practitioners’ responsibilities...

The convenient truth: How moving beyond patient need improves patient choice and care

The convenient truth: How moving beyond patient need improves patient choice and care

In his second article relating to communication in ophthalmic dispensing, Daniel Read explains how informed choice is essential in order to obtain valid consent...

BCLA CLEAR Presbyopia 5: Management with scleral techniques, lens softening, pharmaceutical and nutritional therapies

BCLA CLEAR Presbyopia 5: Management with scleral techniques, lens softening, pharmaceutical and nutritional therapies

Professor Craig Woods and Professor Shehzad Naroo examine roles and treatments of specific parts of the eye ...

Insights into eyelid lumps and bumps: Case studies

Insights into eyelid lumps and bumps: Case studies

Beth Ralph provides an overview of the structure and function of eyelids, as well as case studies of pathologies contact lens opticians may commonly encounter in contact lens or anterior minor eye con...

Optometric practice: The natural home of dry eye – 5a: Beyond eye drops

Optometric practice: The natural home of dry eye – 5a: Beyond eye drops

This fifth article on dry eye disease by Andrew Price, starts to look beyond the use of dry eye drops alone, to lid hygiene products that patients can utilise themselves, under the title ‘home treatme...

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