Significance: The NIH includes visual impairment, chronic visual deficiencies that impair everyday function that are not correctable by ordinary glasses, among the 10 most prevalent causes of disability in America. Persons confronted with vision loss often feel limited and frustrated performing everyday activities such as reading, traveling from place to place, and recognizing objects or people. As a result, they may experience loss of self esteem, social isolation, difficulty working and reduced independence. The low vision team evaluates the level of remaining vision, prescribes special lenses or devices and techniques for using remaining vision more effectively. Low vision rehabilitation restores independence by enabling persons with vision loss to perform daily living tasks independently at home, at work or within the community.