seeBOOST

06/27/2019

seeBOOST is all about 'Vision for Life' and providing options to the millions of people with central vision loss. Our team is very grateful to be able to make a difference in people's lives!

The optical technology startup aims to improve the lives of millions of people suffering from severe vision loss due to macular degeneration or diabetes. It was one of 50 selected for MedTech Innovator's 2019 Accelerator and Showcase program—and the only one from North Texas—out of 800 applicant...

05/23/2019

A testament to the growing range of "leading-edge technologies that exist to enable people with sight loss to overcome their unique visual challenges and excel in these jobs". The recent emergence of so many tools for the visually impaired population is an indication that technology solutions for vision loss has a great impact on quality of life and productivity.

Assistive tech helps people with sight loss excel despite their visual challenges — so why don't more employers know about the available resources?

05/16/2019

Learn about the advanced form of dry age-related macular degeneration, called geographic atrophy.

04/27/2019

Eccentric viewing is a technique which uses the preferred retinal locus, an area of the retina that provides better vision than the diseased retina or fovea. When combined with effective tools like seeBOOST that provide adjustable magnification and contrast enhancement, functional vision dramatically improves, particularly for tasks like reading and work involving a high degree of visual detail.

Eccentric viewing is a technique that helps people with macular degeneration to make the most of their remaining peripheral vision. This clip is from our DVD...

02/14/2019

To the question, “Am I going blind?,” the answer is most often, "No." For the

01/19/2019

You may have seen Don all over the news recently. He's the generous 84 year old man with Macular Degeneration who bought lunches for school kids in his community when he learned they weren't getting enough to eat.

He wanted to share a quick update! Here he is with his daughter, grand-daughter, AND great grand-daughter Adelyn. When Don first saw Adelyn's face with seeBOOST, he said "she's beautiful!" 😍 We're tearing up over here, Don. 🤧

01/19/2019

Food for thought (and vision), includes green leafy veggies every day, fatty fish twice a week, and fruits, but not high GI foods like candy, soda, pasta, white rice, bread, and most snack foods.

Learn why sugar has been linked to an increased risk of developing a number of diseases, including age-related macular degeneration.

01/10/2019

You can’t fully preserve your eyesight, but these measures can help ward off major problems

01/02/2019

Don is an inspiration to all of us. His Macular Degeneration didn't stop him from reading to the kids at his former grade school, with the help of seeBOOST and the supportive local community.

12/04/2018

Use this simple eye test to see if you have symptoms of Macular Degeneration. Macular Degeneration causes progressive and painless loss of central vision, affecting a person's ability to read, recognize faces and drive.

Do this simple eye test to see if you have symptoms of macular degeneration - a leading cause of blindness. View the Amsler grid on the screen.

11/27/2018

Just as our physical strength decreases with age, our eyes also exhibit an age-related decline in performance — particularly as we reach our 60s and beyond.

Floaters, tunnel vision, smaller pupils - how to deal with age-related eye problems.