Functional vision in children with perinatal brain damage
| Autor: | Sonja Alimović, Vlatka Mejaški Bošnjak, Nikolina Jurić |
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| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Visual acuity genetic structures media_common.quotation_subject Visual impairment Visual Acuity Brain damage Audiology Infant Newborn Diseases Child Development Cerebral visual impairment medicine Humans Contrast (vision) Visual attention Hypoxia Brain media_common cerebral visual impairment early visual development infants visual impairment visual stimulation Functional vision business.industry Vision Tests Infant Newborn Infant Obstetrics and Gynecology eye diseases Visual Stimulations Child Preschool Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business Photic Stimulation |
| Zdroj: | The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine. 27:1491-1494 |
| ISSN: | 1476-4954 1476-7058 |
| DOI: | 10.3109/14767058.2013.863863 |
| Popis: | Many authors have discussed the effects of visual stimulations on visual functions, but there is no research about the effects on using vision in everyday activities (i.e. functional vision). Children with perinatal brain damage can develop cerebral visual impairment with preserved visual functions (e.g. visual acuity, contrast sensitivity) but poor functional vision. Objective: Our aim was to discuss the importance of assessing and stimulating functional vision in children with perinatal brain damage. Methods: We assessed visual functions (grating visual acuity, contrast sensitivity) and functional vision (the ability of maintaining visual attention and using vision in communication) in 99 children with perinatal brain damage and visual impairment. All children were assessed before and after the visual stimulation program. Results: Our first assessment results showed that children with perinatal brain damage had significantly more problems in functional vision than in basic visual functions. During the visual stimulation program both variables of functional vision and contrast sensitivity improved significantly, while grating acuity improved only in 2.7% of children. We also found that improvement of visual attention significantly correlated to improvement on all other functions describing vision. Conclusions: Therefore, functional vision assessment, especially assessment of visual attention is indispensable in early monitoring of child with perinatal brain damage. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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