by Krack Media | Apr 15, 2014 | Blog
Conformer therapy is a general term used to describe the fitting of clear plastic stents over time to develop the eye socket for optimal prosthetic eye results. This fitting method is particularly effective in treating children with anophthalmia or microphthalmia and...
by Krack Media | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog
Over the last 25 years, the global population has shown a reduction in the number of people who are blind or visually impaired from the effects of infectious disease. What has increased is the number of people who are blind from conditions related to longer life...
by Krack Media | Mar 10, 2014 | Blog
Adjusting to life with a prosthetic eye can be challenging. Vision loss can cause a number of physical and emotional symptoms of anxiety. Physical symptoms can include trouble focusing, muscle tension, and restlessness. Emotional symptoms can include feelings of...
by Krack Media | Feb 19, 2014 | Blog
Monocular vision is a condition in which one eye is blind, or one eye is unable to register images in coordination with the other eye. There are a number of common obstacles that are associated with this type of impaired vision. The most common is the inability to...
by Krack Media | Feb 6, 2014 | Blog
The first evidence of human’s wearing a prosthetic eye was recently uncovered in the southeastern part of Iran. The woman, carbon-dated back to 2900 BCE, was discovered wearing a rudimentary ocular prosthesis worn outside of the eye socket. This crude, hemispherical...
by Krack Media | Jan 7, 2014 | Blog
Are you looking for a San Luis Obispo ocularist? Ocular Prosthetics, Inc.’s Santa Barbara location is proud to serve the San Luis Obispo region. Located in Historic Knapp Hall in downtown Santa Barbara, we are just a short drive from Arroyo Grande, Lompoc, Santa...
