Dr. Kinkade is able to help certain patients with vision loss to keep reading, writing, driving, and performing many other important daily and leisure activities. He offers treatment for patients with mild low vision in NY, MA and CT who are just starting to have difficulty reading, to those who have moderate to profound vision loss and are legally blind. Ever look through a pair of binoculars? Things look bigger and closer, and much easier to see.
Thomas Condon Riva Allision
Dorothy Owens Nicholas DeGrappo
Ken Winkelstern William Kueffner, MD
Elizabeth Wales Stanley Oskwarek
Pamela Carter Caroline Blish
Dr. Randolph Kinkade uses miniaturized telescopes, prismatics and magnifying eyeglasses for low vision rehabilitation.
Eyeglasses for Macular Degeneration and
Other Vision Limiting Conditions
Member of the
International Academy of Low Vision Specialists
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Evelyn Wagner
regaining her
ability to play
mah-jongg
Tom Radigan
drawing insulin
Peter Tortora
reading music
97-year-old
101-year-old
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Low Vision NY
Dr. Kinkade works with ophthalmologists, optometrists, opticians, occupational therapists, and other rehabilitation specialists to help those with low vision in CT and surrounding areas maximize their vision. As a founding member of the International Academy of Low Vision Specialists, he meets annually to advance the field of low vision with top optical designers and manufacturers.
Dorothy Owens uses her glasses to walk in the mall, see faces and watch TV. In some states, Bioptic Telescopic Glasses can be used to pass the vision test for driving.
“This is wonderful” said Ken Winkelstern, another patient of Dr. Kinkade’s. “I can read without a magnifier.”
Macular degeneration is the most common eye disease amongst the senior population. As with macular degeneration, other eye diseases often leave a blind spot right in the center of vision.
Dr. Kinkade's mission is to search out every possible way to keep a person functioning, whether it’s reading, seeing television, looking at the computer, recognizing faces, or writing a check.”
Reading glasses cost between $500 and $2,600. Telescopic glasses for driving start around $2,300.
Every case is different because people have different levels of vision loss and different desires,” explains Dr. Kinkade. “If these specialty glasses are not able to help my patients, there is other assistive technology that may.”
Pamela Carter said, "Look I'm reading, but my doctor told me new glasses would not help!" Mrs. Elizabeth Wales' ophthalmologist told her, "If anyone can get you glasses, Dr. Kinkade can".
Dr. Kinkade says "I cannot return my patient's vision to the way it was, but I can often make it better. The question is how much better and we often do not know until we try."
When regular glasses no longer allow you to do what you want to do telescopic glasses may. Dr. Kinkade makes it possible for those with low vision in MA and surrounding areas to watch sports, visit the theater, travel in airports, play games, and enjoy art galleries.
Please call Dr. Kinkade for a telephone consultation to see if you or someone you know is a candidate for these telescopic glasses.
