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Visual Exploration Training Is No Better than Attention Training for Treating Hemianopia
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Lane, Alison R.; Smith, Daniel T.; Ellison, Amanda; Schenk, Thomas – Brain, 2010
Patients with homonymous visual field defects experience disabling functional impairments as a consequence of their visual loss. Compensatory visual exploration training aims to improve the searching skills of these patients in order to help them to cope more effectively. However, until now the efficacy of this training has not been compared to…
Descriptors: Partial Vision, Neurological Impairments, Attention, Visual Perception
Low Vision Rehabilitation Intervention for People with Ring Scotomas
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Schoessow, Kimberly A.; Gilbert, Leah M.; Jackson, Mary Lou – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2010
Central scotomas--areas of the nonseeing retina within the central 20 degrees of the visual field--are present in approximately 90% of vision rehabilitation patients. They vary in size and shape and can be small or large, symmetrical or asymmetrical, round or irregularly shaped. Most central scotomas border fixation on one side and can be overcome…
Descriptors: Intervention, Partial Vision, Vision, Patients
Performance of Visually Handicapped and Nonvisually Handicapped Children on Three Accommodation Tasks.
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Knowlton, Marie; And Others – RE:view, 1991
This study examined effects of visual impairment on the performance of typical educational tasks requiring visual accommodation to print material at three different distances. Subjects were 18 visually impaired and 19 nonimpaired children (ages 6-10). Findings indicated that visually impaired children exhibited more fixation shifts per task.…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Elementary Education, Eye Fixations, Intervention
Karen and George: Face Recognition by Visually Impaired Children.
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Ellis, Hadyn D.; And Others – British Journal of Visual Impairment, 1988
Two visually impaired children, aged 8 and 10, appeared to have severe difficulty in recognizing faces. After assessment, it became apparent that only one had unusually poor facial recognition skills. After training, which included matching face photographs, schematic faces, and digitized faces, there was no evidence of any improvement.…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Teaching, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods
A Parent Training Program for Increasing the Visual Development of School-Aged Children.
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Dikowski, Timothy J. – 1995
This practicum provided training for 50 parents of children receiving clinic services for visual processing disorders and provided information on visual disorders to the children's teachers. The 8-month program involved 13 parent training sessions. These sessions focused on such topics as: current research findings on vision; identification of…
Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Definitions, Disability Identification, Elementary Education
International Symposium on Visually Handicapped Infants and Young Children: Birth to Seven (2nd, Aruba, 1987). "The First Steps." Proceedings = Simpasio Internacional sobre Ninos Visualmente Deficientes de Nacimiento hasta Siete Anos (2nd, Aruba, 1987). "Los Primeros Pasos."
Palmer, Lillian, Ed.; And Others – 1987
This symposium focused on the special needs of visually handicapped infants and young children. Texts of 48 papers are presented, including keynote addresses by W. Aubrey Webson ("The First Steps") and Heather Hewitt ("First Steps--Parenting, Prevention and Programming"). Regional reports are provided for Japan, Bangladesh, the…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Child Rearing, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Development