Understanding Cortical Visual Impairment in Children

Understanding cortical visual impairment in children.

This article presents a review of the literature and a case study on a child with cortical visual impairment. The literature review covers the diagnosis, etiology, prevalence, prognosis, and a comparison of the differences between children with cortical visual impairment and those with ocular impairment. The case study presents occupational therapy intervention strategies specific to cortical v...

Visual impairment in children.

Recent advances in cortical visual impairment.

Cortical visual impairment (CVI) is the leading cause of bilateral visual impairment in children in Western countries1–3. This finding reflects better methods for identifying visual impairment due to CNS injury and also advances in perinatal care, which have increased the survival rate of children with neurological morbidity. This review will describe advances in the diagnosis and management of...

Understanding visual impairment in UK Biobank.

Dear Editor, In their recent article, Dawes et al. report prevalence estimates for visual impairment and dual sensory problems in middle age and associations between visual impairment and demographic factors, using data from UK Biobank. UK Biobank recruited half a million individuals with a subsample of 122 000 having an enhanced ophthalmic examination which included distance visual acuity and ...

Development of a quantitative method to measure vision in children with chronic cortical visual impairment.

PURPOSE Cortical visual impairment (CVI) is the most common cause of bilateral vision impairment in children in Western countries. Better quantitative tools for measuring vision are needed to assess these children, to allow measurement of their visual deficit, and to monitor their response to treatment and rehabilitation. The author performed a series of experiments to assess the use of the swe...