Excitingly there's a session on management of visual impairment following stroke at the UKSF this year. The exciting thing is the emphasis on management - is it finally being accepted that there really is something that can be done about stroke-related visual impairment?!
The UKSF is in Liverpool this year, December 1st-3rd.
The vision session is on Wed 2nd December in Room 4, details as follows:
11.45 – 13.00
Room 4
Parallel session 1D
Management of visual impairment following stroke
Chair: Claire Howard (British and Irish Orthoptic Society Lead for Stroke and Neuro
Rehab)
1 - Management of visual field loss following stroke – including research results
from VISION trial
Dr Fiona Rowe (Reader in Orthoptics and Health Services Research / NIHR Fellow,
University of Liverpool)
2 - Management and advice for visual perception difficulties following stroke
including visual hallucinations
Carmel Noonan (Consultant Ophthalmologist, Aintree University Hospitals)
3 - Management of eye movement problems following stroke
Caroline Dodridge (Stroke Specialist Othoptist, Oxford University Hospital)
AVA Rehabilitation centre provides neuro-rehabilitation care for persons who suffered stroke, brain and spinal injuries.
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There are many reasons cause vision impairments. Recently, an Israeli startup started to develop a wearable artificial vision device that reads text from any surface to help partially sighted people "read" on their own. It does work for people who have reading difficulties, dyslexia or low vision. With this assistive tech, legally blind people can achieve greater independence without depending on others.
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