They are 184 males and
109 females with the age range of 3.5 to 89 years. The majority of patients
under 65 years old (87%). The causes of visual impairment were retinal diseases
(33%), nerve pathology (18%) and abnormal macular (16%) respectively. Most
of the patients had visual acuity of 5/200-15/200. The acceptance of visual
aids are as follow; spectacle 40%, spectacle with hand held magnifier (15%),
hand held magnifier 11%, These made 35.9% of patients who had near visual
acuity equal to or better than 20/50 increased to 65.7%.
