A visual aid display apparatus 1 includes, an image capturing section 50 for image capturing of a subject; an image processing section 60 for processing the image, information obtained from the image capturing section 50 so that the image information can be displayed, a display device for displaying the video of image information having been subjected to processing, an ocular optical system for providing video by leading to the eye the light coming from the display device, and a control section 70 for providing control in such a way that the video of the image information having been subjected to image processing can be displayed on the display area of the display section 10. The video of the external world and the image-processed image of the display area A can be viewed simultaneously by an observer on the display section 10.