错综复杂的, colorful costumes and elaborate sets enliven the dramatic storylines of operas for their audiences.
的 约翰一. 莫兰眼科中心 is partnering with the Utah Opera to help the blind and visually impaired experience the visual storyline of opera in a special performance.
的 Utah Opera hosts an annual Blind and Visually Impaired Night. At the dress rehearsal of this year’s March 8 performance of Verdi’s Rigoletto, the Opera’s education director or artistic director will describe the set and staging to the audience. Guests can also handle props up close, read braille supertitle scripts, listen to descriptive audio through headphones during the performance.
This event is one of the many inclusive 资源 Moran’s Patient Support Program 大发娱乐提供了. 项目负责人 Lisa Ord，博士，LCSW, assures that there is hope for a fulfilling and productive life after losing your 愿景. Ord and her team offer guidance and support to patients with low 愿景 to not only cope but thrive with this significant living adjustment.
“We are the next step after doctors and medical treatments have done everything they can,奥德说。. “的 program provides the education, 资源, support the visually impaired may need to adapt to 愿景 loss.”
“Low 愿景” is a blanket term for poor 愿景 that cannot be treated or cured with eyeglasses, 联系人, 或手术. / 4.2 million Americans age 40 and older are visually impaired, which includes both individuals who are legally blind and those who have low 愿景. She says the idea that all individuals who are legally blind see total darkness is one of many common misconceptions about blindness.
“Only about eight percent of people have no light perception or ‘complete blindness,’ so the majority of people with visual impairment are still able to see outlines of shapes,奥德说。.
的 most common causes of 愿景 loss are age-related macular degeneration (AMD), 青光眼, 糖尿病性视网膜病变. AMD is the leading cause of irreversible central 愿景 loss among adults aged 55 and over worldwide.
With visual technology tools readily available today, Ord has a team including an occupational therapist, visual rehabilitation specialist, counselors who can provide more advanced care for patients to live independently than ever before. 的se assistive tools include 智能手机应用程序 that enable easier navigation and announce detailed identification of surroundings and even identify familiar people to manage daily activities.
Moran provides a no-cost monthly Orientation to Vision Loss seminar available to anyone with 愿景 impairment and their families, even if you’re not a Moran patient. 的 seminar shares helpful strategies such as using lighting contrast and magnification in your home to maximize remaining 愿景.
When a patient experiences sudden traumatic or gradual 愿景 loss, they face not only physical challenges but often emotional struggles. 病人 experience feelings of isolation and depression that can be overwhelming, according to Ord.
的 Patient Support Program's services range from helping improve functioning to mental support. This includes no-cost emotional support groups. Individual and family counseling services are also available by appointment.
Additional services offered through the Patient Support Program include 愿景 rehabilitation with Robert Christiansen, MD, 流式细胞仪, occupational therapy with Janice Moushegian, an occupational therapist with a certification in low 愿景 therapy who 大发娱乐提供了 in-home services by appointment. “We are here and there is help,奥德说。.
