Vision & Health Blog

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  Behavioral Health

  César A. Alfonso, MD, published an article in Psychiatric Times called "PTSD and Suicide After Natural Disasters." Citing the devastation in Puerto Rico following Hurricane Maria in September 2017, Dr. Alfonso noted that the prevalence of PTSD among victims doubles after a natural disaster and lasts for two years afterward.

  

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  eLearning Course Helps Older Adults Adapt to Vision Loss

  Lighthouse Guild offers an online continuing education course called Low Vision in Older Adults: Foundations for Rehabilitation (Second Edition).

  

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  Reflections of Braille: How This Revolutionary Dot System Continues to Evolve with the Technology of Electronic Braille

  Many people still don’t realize just how technology has transformed Braille. Older machines could cost up to $5000 and were heavy and difficult to carry around. Today there are new machines continuously dropping in price that can fit in a purse!

  

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  Reflections of Braille: How This Revolutionary Dot System Continues to Evolve with the Technology of Electronic Braille

  A critical event occurred on September 25, 2018, when the House of Representatives unanimously passed the Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act, which has the global potential to change the reading lives of people who are blind or have vision loss.

  

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  Test-retest Variability of a Standardized Low Vision Lighting Assessment

  The LuxIQ is a portable lighting assessment tool that can be used to systematically measure lighting preferences; however, there is little independent evidence to support its reliability in low vision rehabilitation.

  

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  A Hybrid Indoor Positioning System for the Blind and Visually Impaired Using Bluetooth and Google Tango

  Blind & visually impaired individuals often face challenges in wayfinding in unfamiliar environments. Thus, an accessible indoor positioning and navigation system that safely and accurately positions and guides such individuals would be welcome.

  

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  Performance of Real-world Functional Tasks Using an Updated Oral Electronic Vision Device in Persons Blinded by Trauma

  There is an immediate need for noninvasive therapies to improve the functional abilities of persons blinded by traumatic injury. The BrainPort Vision Pro, an updated hands-free oral electronic vision device, enables perception of visual information using the tongue as a substitute for the eye.

  

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  Current Practice in Low Vision Rehabilitation of Age-related Macular Degeneration and Usefulness of Virtual Reality as a Rehabilitation Tool

  This study surveys current low vision rehabilitation practice methodologies among French practitioners and - their opinions about the utility of using virtual reality as a tool for low vision rehabilitation training in patients with AMD.

  

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  An eLearning Course to Help Older Adult Clients Adjust to Vision Loss

  Vision loss can present different challenges in older adults compared with younger clients. Learn about treatment strategies for these individuals, and identify approaches and adaptive devices that help clients maximize their remaining vision.

  

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  Stargardt Macular Dystrophy: Changes in Fixation When Asked to Look Straight Ahead

  When central vision is lost due to Stargardt Macular Dystrophy, a person commonly uses a new location in their healthy peripheral retinas for fixation of objects. We explored whether this new peripheral location or the original, diseased location of the fovea is used as the perceptual center of the visual world.