American Academy of Optometry Think Tank III: Current challenges and future directions in low vision research
Current challenges and future directions in low vision research1 World Health Organization and the Vision Loss Expert Group of the Global Burden of Disease Study included uncorrected refractive errors as a cause of vision impairment.In their papers, they estimated 567 million people (7.6% of the world population) with acuity worse than 20/40 in 2020.The number reported in this paper (435 million) excluded the number of people with vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive errors, to be consistent with the definition of low vision.
Authors
- L. Penny Rosenblum (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4700-3861)
- Nicole Christie Ross (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3186-1682)
- Daniel R. Coates (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5682-2554)
- Nicholas A. Giudice (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7640-0428)
- Dawn K. DeCarlo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9078-9882)
- Ava Katherine Bittner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9498-2230)
- James M. Coughlan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2775-4083)
- Gang Luo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0623-6236)
- Ashley D. Deemer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3945-8532)
- Susana T. L. Chung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2729-1808)
- Roberto Manduchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2640-302X)
- Alex R. Bowers (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6038-0178)
- Kevin Edward Houston
Institutions
- Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- University of California, Los Angeles (US)
- University of California, Santa Cruz (US)
- Marshall B. Ketchum University (US)
- New England College of Optometry (US)
- VA Central Western Massachusetts Healthcare System (US)
- University of Houston (US)
- Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute (US)
- University of Maine (US)
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Optometry and Vision Science
- Published
- 2026-10-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/ovs2.70113
- Primary Topic
- Ophthalmology and Visual Impairment Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- EyeSight Foundation of Alabama
- Research to Prevent Blindness
- American Academy of Optometry
- National Institutes of Health
- University of California, Los Angeles
- National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research