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How the Visually Impaired Can Experience the World of Gaming, Sports and Movies Through the Power of Sound |
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like for a blind person to experience a movie, follow sports or play a video game? Thanks to the world of podcasts, specifically a program called Twenty Thousand Hertz which reveals the stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds, you are about to find out. In honor of October’s Blindness Awareness Month, Twenty Thousand Hertz recently released a three-part series celebrating the auditory experience of the blind community. Throughout the month of October, the leading podcast about sound has explored the extraordinary worlds of audio descriptions in film and TV, blind sports and most recently, blind gaming.
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iCare USA’s parent, Revenio, acquires Oculo, EyeCare Partners adds CEI Vision Partners, gross revenue increases, Jobson Tracker says, voting ends Monday, Nov. 1, for Jobson's 2021 EyeVote Readers' Choice Awards and a VM Summit panel discusses new remote monitoring tech and wearables all topped this week’s VMAIL news feed. Click on the headlines below to catch up on anything you might have missed. iCare USA’s Parent, Revenio, Acquires Oculo |
EyeCare Partners Adds CEI Vision Partners Ophthalmology Group in a ‘Transformative’ Deal That Furthers Their Clinically Integrated Vision Care Approach |
The National Average for Gross Revenue at ECP Locations Increased for Week of Oct. 18-24, Jobson’s Latest Practice Performance Tracker Shows |
Time Is Running Out—Cast Your Votes By Monday, Nov. 1, for Jobson's 2021 EyeVote Readers' Choice Awards |
VM Summit Panel: How Do New Remote Monitoring Tech and Wearables Extend ECP Relationships and Promote Healthy Outcomes? |
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EyeCare Partners Adds CEI Vision Partners Ophthalmology Group in a ‘Transformative’ Deal That Furthers Their Clinically Integrated Vision Care Approach
ST. LOUIS—Moving to enhance its integrated model of vision care, EyeCare Partners (ECP), the leading clinically integrated network of ophthalmology and optometry providers, has entered into an agreement to acquire CEI Vision Partners (CVP), a premier network of ophthalmology practices and 55 eyecare locations in the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic, according to an announcement this morning. ECP chief executive officer David Clark told VMAIL in an interview that the transaction fits with ECP’s long-term vision to focus on “patient outcomes, patient experience and efficiency … [both in] a business component and a clinical component.”
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VM's News Quiz for the Week of October 24: Effects of Color Blindness, Staying Safe While Being Spooky and Jobson’s EyeVote Readers’ Choice Awards
Did you follow the optical news this week? Take VM’s News Quiz to see how much you know. This week's quiz takes a look at a the effects of color blindness, staying safe while being spooky and Jobson’s EyeVote Readers’ Choice Awards.
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Time Is Running Out—Cast Your Votes By Monday, Nov. 1, for Jobson's 2021 EyeVote Readers' Choice Awards
NEW YORK—Vision Monday and 20/20 Magazine are teaming up for the 13th annual EyeVote Readers' Choice Awards to identify the optical industry’s favorite products and companies this year. But time is running out to cast your votes—nominations for EyeVote will take place through Monday, Nov. 1, when voting will close at 11:59 p.m. Only votes from ECPs, optical retail managers and lab executives/managers will be counted. It only takes a few minutes to cast your vote, which entitles you to a chance to win a $500 American Express gift card or one of two runner up prizes of $100 American Express gift cards.
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