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Visualizing visual impairments
Gerontechnology, 2006We developed and evaluated methods to visualize the limitations of visually impaired persons. Three types of simulation were developed: (i) fixation independent, showing which elements remain visible after ample inspection, related to object recognition, (ii) fixation dependent, showing which elements remain visible in the entire visual field while ...
Hogervorst, M.A., Damme, W.J.M. van
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Nursing Standard, 2005
This article examines the paediatric ophthalmic nurse's role in treating and managing several common ocular conditions.
Sue Watkinson, Sheriden Graham
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This article examines the paediatric ophthalmic nurse's role in treating and managing several common ocular conditions.
Sue Watkinson, Sheriden Graham
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Pediatric Clinics of North America, 2003
This article discusses the causes of childhood blindness and how the primary care provider may begin the appropriate steps toward diagnosing and managing the visually impaired child. Community resources (see Box 3) and low-vision programs in schools should be used so that parents do not need to reinvent strategies to raise a blind child.
Lawrence M. Kaufman, Lisa Thompson
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This article discusses the causes of childhood blindness and how the primary care provider may begin the appropriate steps toward diagnosing and managing the visually impaired child. Community resources (see Box 3) and low-vision programs in schools should be used so that parents do not need to reinvent strategies to raise a blind child.
Lawrence M. Kaufman, Lisa Thompson
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European Journal of Internal Medicine, 2006
Ephedra containing dietary supplements can be used as Ffat burners._ These herbal products have been associated with adverse events including stroke/transient ischemic attack, myocardial infarction, dysrhythmias, hypertension, and psychosis [1,2]. A 36-year-old man came to us complaining of loss of the lower half of the visual field of his right eye ...
Peter J. Lansink +2 more
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Ephedra containing dietary supplements can be used as Ffat burners._ These herbal products have been associated with adverse events including stroke/transient ischemic attack, myocardial infarction, dysrhythmias, hypertension, and psychosis [1,2]. A 36-year-old man came to us complaining of loss of the lower half of the visual field of his right eye ...
Peter J. Lansink +2 more
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The meaning of visual impairment to visually impaired adults
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 1989The purpose of this study was to explore the subjective meaning of visual impairment in the context of day to day life to adults whose visual impairment began in their adult years. Information was elicited through interviews from 25 people whose visual impairment ranged from an inability to see ordinary print to no light perception.
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Literacy and Visual Impairment
Seminars in Speech and Language, 2007Research supporting specific instructional approaches for young children with visual impairments and blindness is limited. There is, however, a growing body of evidence to support the belief that the critical components of emergent and early conventional literacy for children with visual impairments do not differ markedly from those of their sighted ...
Deborah D. Hatton, Karen A. Erickson
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Visual impairment in the elderly
British Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2005Visual impairment and blindness are common in older people in Britain and it is becoming increasingly important to develop research and health service priorities accordingly. The population of the UK is ageing rapidly: by 2041, the number of people aged 75 years and above is projected to increase by over 100% and the number of people aged 90 years and
Stephen Taylor, Susan Lightman
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Blindness and Visual Impairment
Pediatrics In Review, 1995The identification and treatment of children who have significant visual impairments are critical to their health and future well-being. "Legal blindness" occurs if a patient has central visual acuity of 20/200 or less in the better eye with corrective glasses or a visual field that is no greater than 20 degrees in the better eye.
Ruth Kaminer, Eugene McMahon
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Documenta Ophthalmologica, 1992
We have reviewed the charts of 45 neuro-ophthamological patients diagnosed with 79 monocular visual field or visual acuity losses secondary to non-organic etiology. Our aim was to determine the percentage of patients that have improvement in vision. As part of the protocol, all patients had magnetic resonance images, pattern visual evoked potentials ...
David I. Kaufman +2 more
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We have reviewed the charts of 45 neuro-ophthamological patients diagnosed with 79 monocular visual field or visual acuity losses secondary to non-organic etiology. Our aim was to determine the percentage of patients that have improvement in vision. As part of the protocol, all patients had magnetic resonance images, pattern visual evoked potentials ...
David I. Kaufman +2 more
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Driving with a visual impairment
Insight - the Journal of the American Society of Ophthalmic Registered Nurses, 1998Driving is a highly prized activity for individuals of all ages. The decision to continue driving after a decrease in central acuity or visual field can be a source of anxiety for the individual and his or her family, as well as the ophthalmic practitioner.
Mark E. Wilkinson, Mark E. Wilkinson
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