**Meet the editor**

Prof. Shimon Rumelt received his medical degree and diploma in ophthalmology from Tel Aviv University, Israel. He completed his ophthalmology residency program at Western Galilee-Nahariya Medical Center in Nahariya, Israel; then an oculoplastics fellowship at Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA; and a vitreoretinal fellowship at Boston University, MA. He

earned a master's degree in Public Administration (Health Systems) from Clark University, Worcester, MA. He is a senior ophthalmologist at the Western Galilee-Nahariya Medical Center and is engaged with various fields in ophthalmology. His interests include clinical activities, surgery, research, and teaching medical students, residents, and fellows. Prof. Rumelt has edited five books and is an author and a coauthor of approximately 100 scientific articles and book chapters. He is a member of the editorial board of *Evidence-Based Ophthalmology* and a reviewer for multiple professional journals. He is an associate clinical professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Bar-Ilan University, Zefat, Israel.

Contents

**Preface VII**

**Section 1 Causes of Blindness 1**

Sepehr Feizi

Eitan Z. Rath

**Their Vision? 23**

Chapter 1 **Corneal Blindness Caused by Mustard Gas 3**

Shimon Rumelt and Schachar Schreiber

My Diep and Pinakin Gunvant Davey

**Section 3 Coping with Visual Impairment and Blindness 83**

Chapter 6 **Psychosocial Adaptation to Visual Impairment 93**

Hotaka Takizawa and Mayumi Aoyagi

Chapter 5 **Coping with Visual Impairment: Helping our Patients Face**

Chapter 7 **Assistive Systems for the Visually Impaired Based on Image**

Chapter 3 **Visual Loss in Neuro-Ophthalmology 33**

**Section 2 Evaluation of Visual Impairment 55**

Chapter 4 **Glare and Ocular Diseases 57**

**the Truth 85** Maynard McIntosh

Yukihiko Ueda

**Processing 109**

Chapter 2 **Why Do Patients with Controlled Glaucoma Continue to Lose**
