OE Patients Podcast

Audiobooks are an excellent alternative when vision loss takes our ability to enjoy print.  Learn all about the best options for accessing audiobooks in our conversation with guest, audiobook reviewer and book club moderator, Michelle Ritholz.

View the Show Notes for this episode at the following link:

https://ophthalmicedge.org/patient/episode-7-accessing-audiobooks-part-1/

Listen to our insightful conversation with internationally recognized retina specialist, Allen. C. Ho, MD on the risks of deferring eye exams, the implementation of safety measures and how the lessons of the pandemic can improve options of convenience for patients longterm. 

In this episode restauranteur, Ben Benson, shares his experience building a successful business, all the while dealing with progressive vision loss. He takes us from the start of TGI Fridays, to Smith & Wollensky and Ben Benson’s Steakhouse. He speaks of the many adjustments he made throughout, and how his favorite technologies, iPhone, Siri and Alexa, help him compensate today. 

Too many patients with low vision believe “nothing can be done” to improve their quality of life. In this episode, Dorrie Rush and Jaydan Mitchell are busting that myth with a review of just the basics everyone needs to know about living better with vision loss.

In this episode, we’re talking to Douglas Walker about his video tutorials for Apple, Android and Microsoft, and Hadley’s podcasts and discussion groups, all about empowering people with vision loss to thrive.

Falling is unpleasant at any age and increasingly dangerous with age. Alice Massa, Occupational Therapist, shares her professional advice about elevating awareness, improving balance, and lowering risk factors to prevent the fall before it happens.

The voice assistants are wildly popular, and particularly helpful for people with vision loss. In this episode, learn from OE’s tech expert Dorrie Rush, as she sits down with interviewer Sophia Segarra, to discuss who they are, what they can do and why we love them.