Untreated, the majority of eyes affected with wet AMD may become functionally blind.

As the cataracts progressed, he became functionally blind in his remaining eye.

People with advanced disease retain some peripheral vision but can lose the ability to drive, read, watch television or recognize faces, becoming functionally blind.

He was classified as "functionally blind," as his vision could be only partially corrected.

When glasses were invented, all the millions of nearsighted people who would've been functionally blind in an earlier century suddenly were completely normal.

Functionally blind since the age of 10, Molly Sweeney at 40 submits to an operation to restore her sight, partially.

That is, they appear to be functionally blind to a range of stimuli.

Dr. Schreiber had macular degeneration, a rapidly progressive form at that, and within three years he lost 90 percent of his vision, leaving him functionally blind.

In his later years Owen was functionally blind.

Typically they have been in pain and functionally blind for years, despite numerous visits to other vision specialists.