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Abigayle Doe is an optician with a specialist understanding of performers' complex eyesight needs including visual fields and working distances, and reading notation while also focusing on the working environment and fellow performers. She is part of the team at Performing Arts Vision Care.
Elizabeth Susan Holmes is an experienced optometrist who has gained higher professional qualifications in Minor Eye Conditions and has a Certificate in Glaucoma from The College of Optometrists. Elizabeth enjoys talking to her clients about their lifestyle and how that relates to their eyewear needs. She has worked with musicians and vocalists from a variety of backgrounds, dancers/performers, actors, producers and technicians. She helps with visual correction for performance professionals when spectacles are not appropriate, and with visual stress when reading text/music. She also treats clients for dry eyes, double vision, and other eye conditions.
In her spare time, Elizabeth loves to make music and is a talented Pianist and Clarinetist. She has taken advanced clarinet lessons at the Royal Northern College of Music. She was Principal Clarinetist in the University of Bradford Symphony Orchestra, a member of the City of Hull Youth Symphonic Wind Band, and has played professionally for bands and events.
Elizabeth is registered with General Optical Council (GOC), Association of Optometrists (AOP), Ophthalmic Performers list (OPL), and NHS. She is part of the team at Performing Arts Vision Care.
Performing Arts Vision Care is a specialist optician dedicated to offering vital vision care services to performers and media professionals across the UK, Ireland, and Europe, to ensure that those in the performing arts industry receive the necessary care to maintain and improve their visual performance.
For example, performers may need to quickly read detailed musical scores, change focus between near and far sight, and have a good sense of spatial awareness. Services include sight tests, dispensing musicians' lenses, and advice on all aspects of eye health. Performing Arts Vision Care are based at Meltham in West Yorkshire and provide on location services for those further afield.
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Sheryl Doe is a dispensing optician with over 16 years' experience in the optical profession and has experience in many different optical disciplines. A keen musician with a lifelong love of music, Sheryl has developed a unique understanding of the challenges that some musicians face with deteriorating eyesight. With a keen interest in Ophthalmic lens design Sheryl has developed a unique algorithm to help in this area and is seen as an industry leader in her specialist field. She has also found that her unique approach to vision correction works well for teachers, lecturers and those that present regularly. She is part of the team at Performing Arts Vision Care.