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.
Introduction
Introduction
Types of Brain Injury
Classification of TBI Severity
Brain Injury Team
Associated Vision Problems
Vision Problems
Double Vision
Shaking Eyes/Vision
Loss of Clear Vision
Hazy/Foggy Vision
Visual Neglect
Distorted Sense of Space
Impaired Body Image
Visual Recognition
Vision Worsens with Fatigue
Light & Glare
Visual Hallucinations
Dry Gritty & Watery Eyes
Inconsistent Vision
Difficulty Focusing
Dizziness
Visual Attention Problems
Denial of Obvious Problems
Patient Stories
Reading After TBI
Cognitive Alexia
Hemianoptic Dyslexia
Neglect Dyslexia
Loss of Visual Acuity
Double Vision in Reading
Focusing Disorders
Convergence Disorders
Eye Gaze Disorders
Visual Field Loss
Understanding Visual Fields
Testing the Visual Fields
Homonymous Hemianopsia
Right Vs. Left Hemianopsia
Hemianopsia Symptoms Checklist
Chadwick Sector Hemianopsia Lens
Gottlieb Visual Field Awareness System
EP Hemianopsia Lens
Fresnel Field Expander
Scanning Therapies
Boundary Marking
Hemianopsia & Driving
The Hemianopsia Driver
Candidate Selection
Steps to Drive with Hemianopsia
Driving/Mild Brain Injury
Driving After Mild Brain Injury
The UFOV Test & Crash Risk
Behind the Wheel Testing/Training
Driving with Reduced Visual Acuity
Double Vision/Diplopia
Understanding Double Vision
Foil Occlusion
Mins Lens
Sector Mins Lens
Special Cases
Driving/Double Vision
Our Practice
Our Doctors
Awards
Lectures Given
Positions Held
Publications
Contact Us
Our Literature
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Appointments
Out of State Patients
International Patients
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.