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Hospital admissions in older people with visual impairment in Britain. [PDF]

, 2008
BACKGROUND: We aimed to assess the risk of hospital admission associated with visual impairment in a representative sample of older people living in the community in Britain. DESIGN: Prospective study of hospital admission in a population-based sample of
Astrid E Fletcher, Evans, Jennifer R, Evans Jennifer R, Smeeth, Liam, Fletcher, Astrid E, Smeeth Liam, Jennifer R Evans, Fletcher Astrid E, Liam Smeeth   +8 more
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Psychosocial impact of visual impairment in working age adults [PDF]

, 2010
This is an open access article - Copyright @ 2010 BMJ Publishing GroupAim: To review the evidence for the presence of lower levels of psychosocial well-being in working-age adults with visual impairment and for interventions to improve such levels of ...
Gosney, M.A., Victor, CR, Nyman, SR, Victor, C.R., Gosney, M. A., Victor, C. R., Gosney, MA, Nyman, S.R., Nyman, S. R.   +8 more
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Is the NEI-VFQ-25 a useful tool in identifying visual impairment in an elderly population? [PDF]

, 2006
BACKGROUND: The use of self-report questionnaires to substitute for visual acuity measurement has been limited. We examined the association between visual impairment and self reported visual function in a population sample of older people in the UK ...
Fletcher, AE, Evans, JR, Wormald, Richard PL, Rudnicka, AR, Fletcher, Astrid E, Smeeth Liam, Rudnicka, Alicja R, Alicja R Rudnicka, Wormald Richard PL, Jennifer R Evans, Fletcher Astrid E, Rudnicka Alicja R, Owen, Christopher G, Liam Smeeth, Richard PL Wormald, Astrid E Fletcher, Evans, Jennifer R, Evans Jennifer R, Smeeth, Liam, Owen, CG, Owen Christopher G, Smeeth, L, Christopher G Owen, Wormald, RP   +23 more
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Visual system integrity and cognition in early Huntington's disease [PDF]

, 2014
Posterior cortical volume changes and abnormal visuomotor performance are present in patients with Huntington's disease (HD). However, it is unclear whether posterior cortical volume loss contributes to abnormal neural activity, and whether activity ...
Landwehrmeyer, G Bernhard, Ratheiser I., Süssmuth, Sigurd D., Orth, Michael, Depping, Malte S, Nenad Vasic, Wolf, Robert C, Ratheiser, Iris, Iris Ratheiser, Vasic N., Sigurd D. Süssmuth, Depping M. S., Thomann P. A., Thomann, Philipp A., Malte S. Depping, Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, Georg, Süssmuth, Sigurd S, Georg Bernhard Landwehrmeyer, Sprengelmeyer R., Sprengelmeyer, Reiner, Fabio Sambataro, Vasic, Nenad, Sambataro, Fabio, Thomann, Philipp A, Orth M., Depping, Malte S., Philipp A. Thomann, Eva‐Maria Baldas, Reiner Sprengelmeyer, Wolf R. C., Sprengelmeyer, Reiner Heinrich, Robert C. Wolf, Bernhard Landwehrmeyer G., Baldas, Eva Maria, Michael Orth, Baldas E. -M., Sambataro F., Baldas, Eva-Maria, Sussmuth S. D.   +38 more
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Cortical visual impairment as an initial clinical manifestation of post-traumatic brain injury: A case report and review of literature

Interdisciplinary Neurosurgery, 2019
Background: Although unilateral epidural hematoma (EDH) has been well documented, its presentation with subdural hematoma (SDH) post-traumatic brain injury, especially on the same side and accompanied with cortical visual impairment (CVI) as an initial ...
Ahmad Faried, Ismail M. Baselim, Andi N. Sendjaja, Muhammad Z. Arifin   +3 more
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Visual impairment among weaving communities in Prakasam district in South India. [PDF]

, 2013
PURPOSE: To assess the prevalence and causes of visual impairment in weaving communities in Prakasam district in South India state of Andhra Pradesh.
Saggam Narsaiah, Konegari Shekhar, Marmamula, Srinivas, Rohit C Khanna, Narsaiah, Saggam, Shekhar, Konegari, Khanna, Rohit C, Srinivas Marmamula   +7 more
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Validity and reliability of CVI Range assessment for Clinical Research (CVI Range-CR): a longitudinal cohort study

BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 2022
Introduction Cortical visual impairment (CVI) is the leading cause of paediatric visual impairment in developed countries. Children with CVI exhibit visual behaviours that differ from those with ocular causes of visual impairment.
Melinda Chang, Mark W Reid, Christine Roman-Lantzy, Sharon H O’Neil, Mark S Borchert   +4 more
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Neuroplasticity in visual impairments

Neurology International, 2018
The visual acuity loss enables the brain to access new pathways in the quest to overcome the visual limitation and this is wellknown as neuroplasticity which have mechanisms to cortical reorganization.
Paulo Ramiler Silva, Tiago Farias, Fernando Cascio, Levi dos Santos, Vinícius Peixoto, Eric Crespo, Carla Ayres, Marcos Ayres, Victor Marinho, Victor Hugo Bastos, Pedro Ribeiro, Bruna Velasques, Marco Orsini, Rossano Fiorelli, Marcos R.G. de Freitas, Silmar Teixeira   +15 more
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Intramodal cortical plastic changes after moderate visual impairment in human amblyopia

iScience, 2022
Summary: Early blindness results in alterations in the neural responses to auditory stimuli. Here we show that even moderately reduced vision in one eye early in life is sufficient to induce neural plastic changes in voice processing.
Matin Mortazavi, Kiera Aigner, Jessica E. Antono, Christina Gambacorta, Mor Nahum, Dennis M. Levi, Julia Föcker   +6 more
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Cortical visual impairment in children - A new challenge for the future?

Oman Journal of Ophthalmology, 2011
Meenakshi Swaminathan
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