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Low Vision and Plasticity: Implications for Rehabilitation [PDF]
Annual Review of Vision Science, 2016 Low vision is any type of visual impairment that affects activities of daily living. In the context of low vision, we define plasticity as changes in brain or perceptual behavior that follow the onset of visual impairment and that are not directly due to the underlying pathology.
Legge, Gordon E, Chung, Susana TL
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The effect of low vision rehabilitation on the quality of life and caregiver burden of low vision patients – a randomized trial [PDF]
BMC OphthalmologyBackground The quality of life for low vision patients is a comprehensive concept that involves multiple aspects, including physical, psychological, and social aspects. Visual impairment is an important factor in the decline of patients' quality of life.
Chunling Cai, Yuwei Shuai, Gonghui Li
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Low vision rehabilitation: current perspectives
Clinical Optometry, 2015 Enzo Maria Vingolo, Vittoria De Rosa, Daniela Domanico, Federico Anselmucci Department of Ophthalmology, University La Sapienza of Rome, Terracina, Italy Abstract: Quality of life in low vision patients is deeply conditioned by their visual ...
Vingolo EM +3 more
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Low Vision Assessment and Rehabilitation
Delhi Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 Low vision and blindness are a growing health problem that adversely affects the quality of life of an individual. Low vision rehabilitation (LVR) is the process of restoring functional ability and improving quality of life and independence of a patient ...
Rebika Dhiman +4 more
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A review of rehabilitation of low vision patients
African Vision and Eye Health, 2008 It hasbeen estimated that in 2002, there were about 124 million people worldwide who had low vision1. These people have best visual acuity (VA) ranging from worse than 6/18 but equal or betterthan 3/60 in the better eye after treatment and or standard ...
O. A. Oduntan
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Review: Familiarity to Vision Rehabilitation Process
Journal of Rehabilitation, 2006 Considering the numbers of low vision patients who have been visited and treated in eye clinics, sometimes there is no exact treatment to increase their visual acuity.
Nasser Sadegh-Pour
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Visual rehabilitation of patients with low vision in uveitis
Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2019 Purpose: To elucidate the clinical profile of visual impairment (VI) and rehabilitation of the uveitic patients with irreversible low vision. Methods: Retrospective analysis of visual rehabilitation of patients with uveitis suffering from poor vision ...
Sarika Gopalakrishnan +5 more
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Ophthalmologic approach to babies with cerebral visual impairment
The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2021 Background. Cerebral visual impairment (CVI) is an increasingly common type of visual disturbance in infants and children. The increased incidence is associated with improved neonatal intensive care services and survival of premature infants ...
Şefay Aysun İdil +7 more
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A Lightweight Approach to Localization for Blind and Visually Impaired Travelers
Sensors, 2023 Independent wayfinding is a major challenge for blind and visually impaired (BVI) travelers. Although GPS-based localization approaches enable the use of navigation smartphone apps that provide accessible turn-by-turn directions in outdoor settings, such
Ryan Crabb +2 more
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Self-help group for addressing depression and anxiety in the visually impaired. A Pilot Study
Mediterranean Journal of Clinical Psychology, 2021 Background: This work describes a vision rehabilitation approach integrated with a self-help group, for psychological support of visually impaired people. The effectiveness and benefits of attending self- help group was analyzed in accordance to anxiety,
Emanuela Rellini +5 more
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