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Tag: Preferred Retinal Loci

Eccentric Viewing

Posted on September 7, 2005January 13, 2019 by droberts

by Dan Roberts September 2005 Reviewed by Jennifer Galbraith, O.D. Eccentric viewing is a technique used by people with central vision loss. Also called Preferred Retinal Loci (PRL), it is a method by which the person looks slightly away from the subject in order to view it peripherally with another area of the visual field. [Read More]

Posted in: Daily Living, Low Vision RehabilitationTagged: Preferred Retinal Loci, PRL
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