VisionTBI.com is devoted to developing a better understanding of the complex array of visual disorders associated with brain injury. We have drawn on the many decades of clinical experiences of our doctors, all specialists in low vision rehabilitation, to bring clarity to this complex issue and to present innovative approaches to treating many of these disorders.

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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can happen at birth or be the result of a trauma, stroke, tumor, aneurysm, loss of oxygen or chemical injury.  Strokes and accidents account for the largest groups of TBI and these often occur as sudden life changing event. But after the acute stages of the problem have been resolved and the saving the patient’s life, the patient suddenly faces the reality of how to get back to their life. Vision may suddenly become a major roadblock to a normal life. Loss of side vision, blurred vision double vision, or visual perceptual disorders may limit reading, mobility and driving. 

The past 15 years has shown dramatic improvements in technologies and approaches to improving visual functioning after a TBI. Our low vision doctors specialize in TBI rehabilitation have been on the forefront of these clinical advancements in vision rehabilitation.