Dr. Walter Wittich is Assistant Professor at the l’École d’optométrie, Université de Montréal, and a resident researcher at the CRIR/Centre de réadaptation MAB-Mackay du CIUSSS du Centre-Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, as well as the CRIR/Institut Nazareth et Louis-Braille du CISSS de la Montérégie-Centre. Following his Master’s in Psychology (Concordia U) and a PhD in Visual Neuroscience (McGill), he completed a postdoctoral fellowship in audiology at the Centre de recherche of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. Coming from a background in age-related vision loss, he now conducts research in dual sensory impairment and deaf-blindness. His research domains include basic sensory science, as well as medical, psychosocial, and rehabilitation approaches to sensory loss. He recently became a Fellow of the American Academy of Optometry and is Quebec’s first Certified Low Vision Therapist, certified by the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals.

Financial disclosure: I do not have any affiliation (financial or otherwise) with a commercial organization.