My hubby has difficulty reading his newspaper. Does anyone know what kind of reading aid/magnifying glass would be useful? There are so many different items on the market, it is difficult to choose the correct one. Reading his newspaper is almost the only thing he can do now, we would appreciate any suggestions.
love Maddy
hi i hav epsp and for soem years have had problems reading a newspaper
mainlyu i htink because the print is not v ogood(the guardian pritn si not gooD!)
i have amagnifyign glass but not 4 readign with
a really goood halogen reading light is agood start
other than tha ti am nto sure...
is he readyu fo rprism glasses yet if his gaze i s a probelm
lol JIll
I believe that some people find prism glasses helpful. It may be worth contacting an ophthalmologist to get some help on this.
Hi , as we know the reason reading becomes difficult is because of slowing down of the eye movement. Smaller the print the more movement needed. We tried a magnifying mouse from a place calle Debby Opticals in the U.S . Basically if you plug that to large screen and mouse over the newspaper, the print gets enlarged. The only thing is by the time my dad started using it his hand co ordination itself was very slow so he would tire out just mousig over the paper. So depending on his co ordination you could try this. Otherwise he may find it easier to read on an IPAD?
ash
well, you can use digital newspapers and use too and a program to read it
choose the digital newspaper and copy and past text in this program
maybe help too audiobooks if he likes read.
Hello Maddys,
When my husband was no longer able to read, the eye specialist recommended help from Kent Association for the Blind and they were able to supply audio books,usually on disc, free delivery and free return. As soon as he had finished and returned a book a replacement was sent out.He also had access to monthly recordings of the local paper which was accessed by means of a "boom box" which, simply, was a means of transferring the spoken word to audio mode for listening to.
I do hope there is something like this in your area and do recommend checking it out. It really helps and saves all the strain and frustration of not being able to read. I would suggest you (or get someone to do it for you) get on the internet and do a bit of research to see what might be availalbe in your area.
best wishes
teena2.
Thank you all for your responses. I will have a look at all your suggestions and am sure something will be suitable for him.
Thanks again. Maddy
Because of the eye movements with PSP the eyes don't function quite correctly. For instance, the patient may read a line but transferring thought and eyes to the following line is difficult due to PSP. This happens at some stage in the PSP advancement for some patients. Perhaps that is the difficulty. My wife said she has this issue.
jimandsharynp
My husband has PSP and finds reading a newspaper impossible but reads very comfortably with a Kindle.A subscription can be had to most national newspapers he has the print vey large . We have recently been given an I pad and it looks as though that will be useful too as you can enlarge the print on that too; the print is very dark not like the pale grey of many newspapers . Hope that helps, Kathryn
My mum can't read anymore, the eye consultant said her vision per say had not got worse, but that the brain can no longer interpret what my mum sees, at this point he said the prism glasses would be of no help. Her eye movement is now completely fixed so vision is difficult, she only can see where her eyes/ head are looking in a direction. Audio books are a good idea, but my mum too tired now to listen. As Jill mentioned a good strong light may help. Hopes this helps. (((( hugs))))
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