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FAQs about cerebral visual impairment (CVI): identifying and helping those affected
2 August 2022
| Gordon N Dutton
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Ophthalmology
Cerebral visual impairment is common in both adults and children, yet the diagnosis can easily be missed unless one is tuned into the presenting features. This article provides a succinct introduction to this important topic. What is vision? Vision is...
Association between colour vision impairment and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)
1 April 2018
| Claire Howard
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Neuro-Ophthalmology
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, colour vision, desaturated L’Anthony D-15, retinal disease
The purpose of this study is to test the hypothesis that colour vision impairment is associated with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Abnormalities of the inner and intermediate retinal structures in patients with ALS have been described using optical coherence tomography...
Evaluation of a service providing sight impairment registration for stroke survivors
1 June 2022
| Fiona Rowe (Prof)
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Paediatric Ophthalmology / Strabismus
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Certificate of visual impairment, barriers, cerebrovascular accident, registration, sight impairment, stroke survivors
This service evaluation study of a hospital single centre stroke service was undertaken to determine reasons for declining sight registration, whether patients feel supported without registration and determine changes needed to improve registration processes. A review of existent data was...
Envision Glasses – a different take on a sight impairment wearable (part 1)
In recent issues we reviewed the OrCam MyEye Pro, a glasses mounted mobile device that can assist sight impaired users. This time we are taking a look at the Envision Glasses, a comparable device that takes a different approach (see...Envision Glasses – A different take on a sight impairment wearable (part 2)
This is the second part of the review of the Envision Glasses (see Part 1 here), a wearable piece of assistive technology. Features From the main menu four feature modes can be chosen: Read, Identify, Find and Call. The Glasses...Post-stroke visual impairment: how big is the problem, how do we identify it, what we can do about it, and why does it matter?
1 December 2022
| Lauren R Hepworth
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Ophthalmology
In the UK, 100,000 new strokes occur each year, with 1.3 million stroke survivors [1]. This article will focus on post-stroke visual impairment, discussing topics of how common it is, how it can be detected, possible management options and how...
Animal antics for children with vision impairment
Nine families with children with vision impairment got up to some animal antics at a mini zoo in Perth, thanks to the charity RNIB.Unique exhibition conveys experience of visual impairment
20 October 2021
The exhibition ‘Windows of the Soul’, part of the Bloomsbury Festival in London, has been pioneered by a combination of young scientists, clinicians and artists, some of whom are visually impaired themselves.
Overcoming sight impairment for the Race Across the World!
RNIB’s Tricia travels the world and takes her message that "sight loss doesn’t stop you doing anything" to BBC One.European experts working with Royal Blind School on future of vision impairment education
31 March 2023
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3D printing, Education
Vision impairment education experts from Germany, Holland and Spain recently visited the Royal Blind School in Edinburgh to create a catalogue of objects that can be 3D printed.
Partially sighted poet focuses on visual impairment and parenthood in new book
20 February 2024
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poetry, Scotland, RNIB, book, Nuala Watt, glasgow, art, creativiy, visual impairment
Glasgow-based poet Nuala Watt (39) aims to show that disabled people “have important things to say” in her latest book of poems, ‘The Department of Work and Pensions Assesses a Jade Fish’.