It is believed that over one million Australians have lost vision in one eye with many also at a great risk of vision impairment in both eyes.
Joshua Foreman, a University of Melbourne PhD candidate said people who have lost vision in one eye need regular eye checks as diseases that have affected the first eye may also affect the second.
Mr Foreman who works at The Centre for Eye Research Australia stressed how low vision or blindness in one eye can cause loss of depth perception and impair visual fields which can deeply affect patients through their everyday life.