<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><b><i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4">Optometry & Vision Science</font></span></i></b><b><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"><font size="4"> Special Issue: Advances in Vision Impairment Research</font><font size="3"><o:p></o:p></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">Optometry & Vision Science (OVS) plans a Special Issue to provide a showcase for latest discoveries related to low vision (or vision impairment) research to inform clinicians, researchers, industrial partners, patients, policy makers and other stakeholders about the latest research and advances, and to promote and inspire additional thinking on this topic. OVS invites original articles and review papers that highlight research and clinical advances, including, but not limited to:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">low vision rehabilitation services</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">new technologies in improving vision (for patients with visual impairment), e.g., prisms and novel optical corrections, digital image enhancement</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">visual perception, including object and scene recognition, and other higher-level vision</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">development of new assistive technology and its application in relation to indoor/outdoor navigation, reading etc.</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">application of artificial intelligence for low vision</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">accessibility in low vision</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">reading, mobility, or driving with low vision</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">prosthetic vision or ultra-low vision</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">retinal/brain imaging studies related to low vision</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">epidemiology and quality of life assessment, including patient reported outcome measures in low vision<o:p></o:p></span></i></font></p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin: 0in 0in 0in 32.5pt; text-indent: -18.1pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in 0in 0in 31.5pt; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font color="#000000" face="Arial" style="font-size: 14px;"><span lang="EN-GB">·<span style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-kerning: auto; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-feature-settings: normal; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-variation-settings: normal;"> </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><i><span lang="EN-GB">multisensory research in relation to low vision (e.g. interaction between auditory and vision, or tactile and vision)</span></i></font><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;"><font color="#000000"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="font-size: 12pt; margin: 0in; font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-size: 14px; 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