What is Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)? CVI refers to a brain condition, not an eye condition and results from damage to the visual systems in the brain that deal with processing and integrating ...
It's hard to appreciate the feeling of living with a visual impairment if you haven't experienced it yourself. The edge-blurring of glaucoma or the clouded, fogged-up vision of a cataract, or even the ...
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Wednesday, 25 children with severe visual impairment were given high-tech vision aids and taught how to use them from the non-profit “Sight Savers America.” Some of the devices ...
A quality improvement study found that severe visual impairment was affected by various social determinants of health, including low socioeconomic status, race, and educational level. There are 32 ...
In a recent study published in Nature Medicine, researchers conducted a prospective, multicenter, observational study between 14 January 2020 and 30 January 2022 in China. Study: Early detection of ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University researchers are developing software in a “haptic device” that could give people with visual impairments the ability to identify scientific images on a computer ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Individuals with visual and/or hearing impairments were at increased risk for cognitive decline and depression, ...
Background Visual impairment (VI) is associated with increased mortality and health factors such as depression and cardiovascular disease. Epidemiologic studies consistently show associations between ...
Even mild head injuries can mean serious consequences for brain function at its most basic level. Research published in Communications Biology shows that neuroplasticity, too, has its limits. Injuries ...