Podcast: Eye Q: Optometrist Dr Andrea Zimmerman Talks About Vision

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foreign preventative health podcast hosted by the Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association we provide you with up-to-date information on health topics geared towards the Orthodox Jewish Community this podcast content is provided for informational purposes only and is not intended as medical advice or as a substitute for the medical advice as a substitute for the medical advice of a physician foreign to the Jewish Orthodox Women's Medical Association or Joma podcast I'm your host Elisa Minkin I'm a general pediatrician and proud gentleman member and tonight I'm really honored and really excited to be here today with Dr Andrea Zimmerman first of all if there's a topic you want to hear if you want to be interviewed if you know someone you want to hear being interviewed you have a comment on our podcast please reach out to us at Health is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and is an adjunct assistant clinical Professor to Suny College of Optometry Dr Zimmerman is also published in professional journals for work in Low Vision Optometry welcome Dr Zimmerman thank you so much for joining me tonight thank you Dr Minkin thank you for having me it's my pleasure to be here you know we got actually two requests this is a first for me that I got two separate people emailing me please cover vision related topics

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2. 5:11age of maybe three these are usually okay with exceptions and the exceptions obviously are if…
3. 9:50neuroplasticity they're allowed you know they can their brains have the ability to their their brains…
4. 14:27to to want to do that right they have cool patterns and stuff but for say…
5. 19:04stripes become narrower and narrower um and are measured in cycles per degree and they correspond…
6. 23:40really bring out those things oh wow you know what I get asked every once in…
7. 28:16training because I we talked about it just so briefly I wonder what is it used…
8. 32:53put a prism so that the image moves to where the eye is then the eye…
9. 37:28very helpful for patients um hand and stand magnifiers sometimes are helpful but honestly today people…
10. 42:05weight cane so the so the white cane is still in use uh it is a…

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