Visual improvement with low vision aids in Stargardt's disease

We studied 71 patients with Stargardt's disease or fundus flavimaculatus to evaluate their potential for improvement in visual acuity with the use of low vision aids. The median visual acuity was 10/77 without an aid and 10/32 with a telescopic system. In 54 patients the best corrected reading acuity obtained was 4.0 point print. In all cases low vision aids improved visual acuity for both distance and reading.