the New Optometrist

2 months ago | thenewoptometrist.com | Julian Upton

Can you describe how Nuance Audio works and how the frames are an advancement on other hearing devices? Nuance Audio provides an elegant, discreet solution for adults with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss. It blends cutting-edge audio software engineering, smart eyewear design, and user-friendly technology to deliver an enhanced auditory experience. Nuance Audio features a microphone beamformer, which uses an array of microphones to focus on sound sources from a specific direction.

2 months ago | thenewoptometrist.com | Julian Upton

See, hear. Those of you old enough to remember comedian Eric Sykes might have heard that his thick-framed black glasses were actually a hearing device. Sykes went profoundly deaf as a young man and relied on these bone-conducting frames to pick up sound. (There were no lenses in the glasses – at least until his eyesight started to go too.) You wonder why the idea didn’t catch on, although the bespoke frames were probably too expensive for the general public.

2 months ago | thenewoptometrist.com | Julian Upton

J&J Vision’s STEP® pre-reg program provides a core foundation of support to pre-reg trainees through various modes of learning. The program is designed to promote independent learning and encourage positive well-being in order to allow trainees to develop into highly competent and skillful optometrists. We sat down with Robyn Marsden, optometrist, professional affairs consultant for J&J Vision, and member of the STEP® team, to find out more. Can you outline the goals of the STEP® pre-reg program?

2 months ago | thenewoptometrist.com | Julian Upton

CataractOptegra pilot scheme pre-empts planned roll-out of drop-free surgery to all its NHS cataract patients For the first time, specialist ophthalmic services provider Optegra has been offering NHS patients a “treble” of cataract care at its eye hospital in Hampshire, UK, comprising drop-free surgery; pre-op consultation and treatment on the same day; and bilateral surgery. Optegra aims to roll out drop-free surgery to all its NHS patients in the UK in the coming weeks.

Mar 30, 2025 | thenewoptometrist.com | Julian Upton

The story behind Lumio. Aston Vision Sciences’s compact anterior eye inspection tool, Lumio comes with a clip-in fluorescein filter, “which allows you to perform a fluorescein examination in a variety of settings without the need for a slit lamp.” “Our ‘trade secret’ is that we’ve developed the color formula for the fluorescein filter to give a very good performance,” Aston Vision Sciences founder Karl Obszanski tells The New Optometrist.