On this week’s Studio 1: We’ve brought out the big guns! An Australian of the Year and a bona-fide Australian rock’n’roll legend!

Matthew Layton and Sam Rickard present Studio 1 - Vision Australia Radio’s weekly look at life from a low vision and blind point of view.

International Glaucoma Week kicks off on 12th March and for the fourth year in a row, to mark the occasion, we talk to Australian rockstar Kirk Pengilly about how he narrowly avoided losing his sight to glaucoma.

And, as before, Matthew presents Kirk with a couple of pieces of music to listen to. Last year, for the first time, Matthew got two ‘thumbs up’ - let’s see how he does this year.

And, as usual, we have asked a medical professional to give us an overview of what glaucoma actually is, but this year we’ve gone straight to the top.

2020 Australian of the Year Dr James Muecke outlines glaucoma causes, symptoms, treatment and, most importantly of all, prevention.

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GUESTS AND RESOURCES

Glaucoma Australia - https://glaucoma.org.au/

7 Sights Challenge - https://www.sevensights.org.au/  

Kirk Pengilly Chill Compilations on Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3eZITfq6E6mogh5OD68wBj 

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[PHOTO CAPTION: Side-by-side headshots of this week’s Studio 1 guests Dr James Muecke and Kirk Pengilly]

Vision Australia gratefully acknowledges the support of the Community Broadcasting Foundation for Studio 1.