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Scanning Training in Neurological Vision Loss

This paper discusses the need for comprehensive neurological vision rehab programs for returning troops with TBI and related visual problems.

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Vision Issues After Brain Injury

Vision problems are common after TBI since 40-50% of the brain is involved in vision.

Vision Problems Following Brain Injury

Up to 40% of people with brain injury experience related vision disorders. Some vision-related issues can be permanent; others resolve quickly. Here's what you need to know.

Introduction to Vision and Brain Injury

Vision is not just the clarity of sight; it's the process of deriving meaning from what is seen.

Vision Is Our Dominant Sense

Find out more about vision problems that can occur after a brain injury.

Vision and Rehabilitation After Brain Trauma (Part 1)

Vision problems after a TBI are common and often complex. Part one of a three-part article.

Vision and Rehabilitation After Brain Trauma (Part 3)

Visual problems following a TBI are common and often complex. Part three of a three-part article.

Vision and Hearing

A young male doctor gives an elderly woman an eye exam

Vision and hearing complications after severe brain injury

Vision and Rehabilitation After Brain Trauma (Part 2)

Visual problems following a TBI are common and often complex. Part two of a three-part article.

Testing Brain Injury-Related Vision Issues with People Who Can't Communicate

Testing Brain Injury-Related Vision Issues with People Who Canâ€™t Communicate

How do you test the vision of someone with TBI who cannot communicate — talk or respond otherwise to questions?

Gregory Goodrich, PhD

Topic:

Vision Problems

Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

Diagnosing Vision Problems After a Brain Injury

Figuring out the root of a child’s problems in school.

Gregory Goodrich, PhD

Topic:

Vision Problems

Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

What Does a Comprehensive Vision Exam Entail?

Are these only available for returning service members or civilians, too?

Gregory Goodrich, PhD

Topic:

Vision Problems

Does Scanning Therapy for Vision Problems Post-TBI Work?

Scanning therapy for hemianopsia after TBI isn’t a cure nor is there a guarantee that everyone will have good results. But oftentimes, there is great benefit.

Gregory Goodrich, PhD

Topic:

Vision Problems

Rehabilitation

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What Are the Most Common Kinds of Visual Problems after Brain Injury?

40-50% percent of the brain is involved in vision; so if a person’s brain is damaged in a specific location or several locations, there is a high probability that his vision will be affected in some way.

Gregory Goodrich, PhD

Topic:

Vision Problems

Visual Function in Patients of a Polytrauma Rehabilitation Center: A Descriptive Study

Learn more about the visual problems associated with polytrauma injury.

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Lost & Found: Dealing with Sensory Overload After Brain Injury

Lost & Found: Caps, Sunglasses, and Earplugs

It’s not your imagination: your sense of touch, taste, smell, hearing, or vision can be extra sensitive after a brain injury.

Recovering from Mild Traumatic Brain Injury

What happens when you have no filter for sounds, smells, images, and feelings after brain injury?

Reading Problems After Stroke or Head Injury

Learn what vision-related reading problems can crop up after brain injury and what strategies are out there from using a "hemi card" to "last letter cancellation therapy."

Mary Alexis Iaccarino, MD: Home Base Offers Two-Week Intensive Program to Tackle TBI

TBI is a multi-faceted injury that can present physically through headaches, balance, hearing, or vision problems; psychologically through depression or post-traumatic stress; cognitively through memory and attention issues; or all or a combination of these “buckets.” Home Base is a two-week intensive program for veterans and service members that serves as part of their journey to recovery. After the two weeks, case managers help their clients set up the necessary care and services they need in their community and follow their progress.

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The Bizarre Disorder of Hemineglect

Patients who have right parietal damage and suffer from left hemineglect will often copy only the right half of a drawing, eat the food off only the right side of their plate and disown their left limbs.

The Ability to Drive Safely After a Severe Brain Injury Is Frequently Compromised

Driving takes a great deal of concentration and coordination. Rehab for this complex activity should be a main goal of certain reintegration programs.

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Ocular and Visual Disorders Associated with Blast-Related TBI

Researchers found that blast-related TBI is strongly associated with visual disorders within one year post-injury.

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Assistive Technology for People with Brain Injury

Assistive Technology for People Brain Injury

A brain injury can bring with it all sorts of challenges. A person’s balance may be off; he may have lost part of his field of vision; or his memory might be so compromised that within moments of seeing or hearing something, it’s gone. But like a magnifying glass for someone who has trouble reading the small print, there are many assistive technologies available for people with TBI.

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Kelly Catlin, Concussion, and Suicide

The consequences of mild traumatic brain injury turn worlds upside down. Headache, double vision, and balance difficulties are the most obvious problems, but less visible symptoms can be the most insidious and difficult to manage.

Accessibility & Brain Injury: What You Need to Know

People with brain injury can have problems with accessibility. They can run into countless obstacles — from websites that don’t take into account someone with vision problems or memory problems to buildings without wheelchair access. Here's what you need to know.

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