HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy New Year! Wishing everyone a great start to the new year, and looking forward to an exciting 2026.

NEW PRODUCT

The Acunis Line of Absorptive Filters Now Has a Fits-Over Style!

Our new Acunis FL-41 Rose Fits-Over Filters are designed to help those with light sensitivity due to migraines, traumatic brain injury and other eye conditions and are now available in our fits-over frames with top and side shield protection.

The rose color lenses reduce glare and provide eye relief. The lenses are made of CR-39, are available in a light absorptions of 25%, 50%, and 75% and block 100% of UVA/UVB light. The frames come in two sizes, XL small and XL large, and include a hard protective case for safe storage.

Buy online ask your Territory Manager for Pricing and Details.

Acunis FL-41 Fits-Overs
(1661-81xx/91xx)

LOW VISION BLOG

See Our Low Vision Blog on Facebook!

The Eschenbach Low Vision Blog on Facebook is a page designed for low vision providers to learn about trending topics in the eyecare industry and provide a platform for group discussion to take place. Like and Follow our new Low Vision Facebook Blog page on Facebook at www.facebook.com/EschenbachLowVisionBlog. Or log into the Eschenbach website at www.eschenbach.com and click on the Facebook Blog button in the lower left hand corner to see the newsfeed.

EYECARE EDUCATION

Sign Up for Eschenbach Academy Online and Get Trained!

You can quickly and easily sign up for Eschenbach Academy using your Eschenbach customer number and postal code. Once you create a login, you’ll be able to explore this online educational platform designed to provide professional training content to help you and your staff. We recommend starting with the first course “Low Vision Basics” which is an overview of the low vision exam and the selection of vision aids.

Sign up for Eschenbach Academy at eschenbach-academy-northamerica.com and try a course today!

SPACE CAMP

Space Training for All!

Our two sponsored Space Camp winners, Jayden and Jackson, got to train just like NASA astronauts when they went to the Space Camp for Interested Visually Impaired Students (SCIVIS). Every day was a new exciting mission to complete and challenge to overcome. They worked together in teams and relied on each other to finish their skill training each day and came back with new skills and new friends!

See more of their exciting journey on our website at www.eschenbach.com/about-us/giving-back.

AWARENESS MONTH

January is National Glaucoma Awareness Month!

The best way for you to detect glaucoma is through comprehensive dilated eye exams. While there is no cure for glaucoma, and often no early symptoms, early diagnosis and treatment can help protect vision and prevent further damage. Visit the National Eye Institute website to explore ways to support National Glaucoma Awareness Month and educate your patients about this important issue.

For your patients already living with glaucoma, Eschenbach offers a range of low vision aids designed to enhance their independence, safety and overall quality of life. For example, a number of our lower powered monocular telescopes can be used in reverse to expand a patient’s field of view which is often reduced due to glaucoma.

Contact your Territory Manager for personalized product recommendations!

Microlux Telescope (4294-413)

EMPLOYEE SPOTLIGHT

Say Hello to Marley Leon!

Marley is the West Territory Manager here at Eschenbach meeting with eyecare and vision rehab professionals in Northern California, Northern Nevada, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado helping them start offering low vision care or enhancing their low vision care service if they already offer it.

Marley is a dual board-certified optician and has been in the eyecare industry since 2006. He came to Eschenbach having worked in operations, sales and private optometry practices.

When Marley is not working, he stays active playing basketball, swimming and hiking. Trying new food is his favorite when traveling and says a good meal and a glass of wine always puts a smile on his face.

Thanks for being part of the Eschenbach team Marley!

Marley Leon

TIPS FROM TOM!

A request I sometimes get from patients (or a family member) is about wanting one optical magnifier that lets them see both a whole magazine or newspaper page and magnified images of words from the page large enough so they can read them. To help them understand how that is not possible due to the principles of optics, an analogy to a sporting event sometimes helps. If one goes to a football, baseball or soccer game and they want to see the players better, they can use an 8x pair of binoculars to see them—but then they would not be able to see the entire field. They can’t see both the entire field and a magnified image of the players looking through that binocular.

The same is true with optical magnifiers where they can either see the entire page without a magnifier (or a very low powered one) or see magnified words large enough to read with a magnifier. Sometimes this analogy helps patients and their families better understand the issue and allows for the exam to quickly move on without delay.

Thomas I. Porter, OD, MBA, MPH

MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

Check out our innovative low vision products like the new Optaro® iPhone and Optaro® XL iPad Video Magnifiers, updated Makrolux Bright Field Magnifiers, Asensys® Filters, and Elumentis LED Lamp at these upcoming national exhibitions!

 

Assistive Technology Industry Association
January 29-31, 2026 - Orlando, FL

 

Vision Expo
March 12-14, 2026 - Orlando, FL

LIVE WEBINARS

Eschenbach provides live webinars every month. You can register for our upcoming webinars online or, to be added directly to our webinar notification list, please email us at webinar@eschenbach.com. If you missed a webinar and would like to view it at a time more convenient for you, please visit our Eschenbach Academy eLearning platform which is where all past webinars are saved. Contact your Territory Manager with any questions on how to access Eschenbach Academy.

 

Thomas I. Porter, OD, MBA, MPH

Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 3:00 PM Eastern “How to Start Offering Basic Low Vision Services” Speaker: Thomas I. Porter, OD, MBA, MPH, Director of Low Vision Services, Saint Louis University, Department of Ophthalmology

Register Now!

Joe Teghtmeyer

Monday, January 26, 2026, at 3:00 PM Eastern “Eschenbach’s School Program and Kit”
Speaker: Joe Teghtmeyer, Central Lakes Territory Manager, Eschenbach Optik of America, Inc.

Register Now!

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