Compared to the near total permanent vision loss associated with cortical blindness in adults, which is often due to strokes, children with CVI usually retain some functional vision that may improve ...

The essential role of the primary visual cortex in visual processing has been extensively studied over the last century or more. Injuries to the visual cortex in adult humans can produce blindness, ...

Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in ...

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Known as cerebral (or cortical) visual impairment (CVI), some estimates suggest that at least 3% of primary school children exhibit CVI-related visual problems, which vary, but may include difficulty ...

This work was presented as a poster at the Institute of Health Research Conference 2000: Health of Children and Young People: Research Perspectives. University of Bradford 15th of September 2000. Aims ...

Lorenzo reads out loud from an iPad inside a classroom at Miami Lighthouse Academy. “Pete was getting more ...” He pauses, sounds out one of the large, yellow words, then starts reading again.

September is also a month for raising awareness about visual health, highlighting two significant observances: Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) Awareness Month and Inflammatory Eye Disease Awareness ...

Sitting on the couch of his Greenwood home, 2-year-old Merrick Bravard-Decker stared intently at the jungle animals illustrated on the pages of the book in front of him. With the help of David Sterne, ...

Inside its first brick-and-mortar location just east of downtown, Visually Impaired Preschool Services has created the perfect play place for young children learning to navigate the world. In the ...

There is a broad collection of anomalies now known as congenital Zika syndrome (CZS). Some of the most serious are ophthalmologic. Two articles evaluated visual function among infants with suspected ...