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Visual Rehabilitation for Hemianopia and Neglect: Free Online Therapy for Stroke-Related Visual Loss (again)
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INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. Friday, 20 March 2015. Free Online Therapy for Stroke-Related Visual Loss (again). Now and again I put up a post about online vision training, designed for stroke but potentially beneficial for other brain-related causes of vision loss. I've done this more than once because it's such an easy way of trying to improve your vision and it doesn't cost anything. Evidence for its effectiveness is limited but studies do seem to show it helps. Why not give it a go? Is a UK charity ...
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Visual Rehabilitation for Hemianopia and Neglect: INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED
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INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. There are no clinically proven methods for rehabilitating hemianopia. Visual scanning is the most evidence-based treatment for hemianopia and neglect, and is used widely by therapists in the UK. It doesn't take long. We would also like to share with you this Vision Screening Tool. That might be useful. Jayne Angilley uses this in her everyday practice. Please drop us a line at heminaopia.neglect@gmail.com. To let us know how you get on with it.
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Visual Rehabilitation for Hemianopia and Neglect: Getting Stroke Survivors the Sight Loss Support they Need - NB Live 2014
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INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. Monday, 27 July 2015. Getting Stroke Survivors the Sight Loss Support they Need - NB Live 2014. This video shows Fiona Rowe. Research Lead for the British and Irish Orthoptic Society. At NB Live 2014, a conference organised by the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB). Dr Rowe is a tireless researcher and campaigner for people with vision problems after stroke. 1 We need to better identify stroke survivors with visual impairment. Robert F. Crocker. Is a UK charit...
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Visual Rehabilitation for Hemianopia and Neglect: January 2015
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INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. Friday, 16 January 2015. Results of a study using the free web-based therapy EyeSearch ( www.eyesearch.ucl.ac.uk. Have recently been published in the journal "Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology", a bit of an obscure journal admittedly. The researchers found that the method improved the time taken to find objects on a visual search task. The paper can be found by following this link. To the paper (abstract free, login required for full text). Is a UK charity prov...
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Visual Rehabilitation for Hemianopia and Neglect: Help with employment and visual impairment for employers and employees (UK)
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INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. Wednesday, 8 April 2015. Help with employment and visual impairment for employers and employees (UK). Visual impairment such as hemianopia can cause difficulties at work, both for employees and also employers. But don't worry, help is at hand! Many people with hemianopia can be registered partially sighted by an ophthalmologist, which may help. See this link: RNIB - registering your sight loss. The RNIB is a charity, so do consider donating: follow this link. Why are you on...
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Visual Rehabilitation for Hemianopia and Neglect: May 2012
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INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. Saturday, 12 May 2012. Vision at the European Stroke Conference 2012. There are a couple of visual rehabilitation related sessions at the European Stroke Conference this year (see below). Visit the conference web site by. For more information, click here to see the programme e-book. Thursday 24 May 2012. 8:30 - 10:00 Oral Session. Rehabilitation and reorganisation after stroke A Auditorium III/IV. Friday 25 May 2012. 8:30 - 10:00 Academic Symposium 5 Auditorium VIII. The go...
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Visual Rehabilitation for Hemianopia and Neglect: VISION MODULE for STROKE NURSES and ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS
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INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. Saturday, 14 March 2015. VISION MODULE for STROKE NURSES and ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS. Are you a nurse or allied health professional working with stroke survivors? Make sure you know about visual problems, how to recognise them, and what sort of problems they can cause. Those are the first steps towards giving them the care they deserve. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe To This Blog Feed. Why are you on this blog? FREE] Read-Right web-based reading rehab.
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Visual Rehabilitation for Hemianopia and Neglect: July 2015
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INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. Monday, 27 July 2015. Getting Stroke Survivors the Sight Loss Support they Need - NB Live 2014. This video shows Fiona Rowe. Research Lead for the British and Irish Orthoptic Society. At NB Live 2014, a conference organised by the Royal National Institute for Blind People (RNIB). Dr Rowe is a tireless researcher and campaigner for people with vision problems after stroke. 1 We need to better identify stroke survivors with visual impairment. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). VISIO...
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Visual Rehabilitation for Hemianopia and Neglect: April 2015
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INFO for THERAPISTS - UPDATED. Thursday, 23 April 2015. Collision avoidance devices for the visually impaired. SMART GLASSES TO ENHANCE VISION. Researchers at Oxford University, UK, have developed "Residual Vision Glasses" (RVGs) or "Smart Glasses" to help people with vision impairment avoid obstacles and see the world more clearly. Led by Dr Stephen Hicks. The most recent work using these glasses was published in this abstract. A WEARABLE DEVICE FOR OBSTACLE AVOIDANCE. Massachusetts Eye and Ear. If you ...