vision impairment
Stories to tell : families of children with vision impairment : a thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education (Guidance Studies) at Massey University
... Three other studies on families coping with vision impairment included a mother ' s perspective on parenting a child with vision impairment Hancock , 1987; the coping strategies, emotion[r] ...
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Cloud Enabled Text Reader for Individuals with Vision Impairment
... Another approach to assist a person with vision impairment with this is to ex- tract the text from a printed document with a camera and then process it to produce an audible sound. The first part of this ...
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Resilience and vision impairment in older people
... of impairment and the impact upon wellbeing is not simple (Schilling et ...a vision impairment than visual function, whilst Tabrett & Latham (2012) reported that some vision impaired ...
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Cross Validation of the Turkish Version of the 28 Item Impact of Vision Impairment Profile Test
... of Vision Impairment Pro- file into Turkish and to investigate its validity and ...low vision were ...measure vision-related quality of life (VRQoL) in pa- tients with low ...
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The education of children and young people with vision impairment in Papua New Guinea
... studies supported the idea that higher levels of personal contact improve attitudes towards disability group (Advokat, Gouvier & Meyer, 2001; Gouvier, Jackson, Schlater, Steiner & Rain, 1991; Grand, Purcell & ...
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The relative impact of vision impairment and cardiovascular disease on quality of life: the example of pseudoxanthoma elasticum
... a vision-specific instrument which measures the impact of vision impairment on var- ious QoL parameters and was developed using focus group discussions and input from existing instruments ...
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The changing perceptions and attitudes toward children with a vision impairment in high schools
... vision impairment it is the consequences of holding either a positive or negative attitude that is highlighted in the literature review, whilst Chapters Three and Four examine, by survey[r] ...
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Prevalence of myopia and vision impairment in school students in Eastern China
... and vision impairment, and their associated factors in school students in eastern ...worse. Vision impairment was defined as UCVA 20/40 or ...
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Retrospective data on causes of childhood vision impairment in Eritrea
... of vision loss for children with vision impairment (recorded visual acuity less than 6/18 for distance in the better eye) was classified by the anatomical site affected and by underlying etiology ...
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Vision impairment and dual sensory problems in middle age
... of vision impairment than White ethnicity, the proportion of non-Whites who reported an eye problem was significantly lower than the number of Whites ...for vision impairment (mild or low; see ...
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Understanding Orientation and Mobility learning and teaching for primary students with vision impairment: a qualitative inquiry
... In a recent Australian study, secondary school students with VI recorded 10% of their school learning time as “doing nothing” (Jessup, Bundy, Broom, & Hancock, 2017). At times, this involved whole lessons without ...
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Improving Detection of Blindness in Childhood: The British Childhood Vision Impairment Study
... of vision screening programs in the United Kingdom and elsewhere had a good yield, especially with respect to target disorders and children with isolated ...
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A Functional Scoring System to Assess the Level of Impairment in Patients with Low Vision Impairment
... visual impairment (CVI). The goal of this tool was to determine the vision accessible for communication, education, and movement in the ...characteristic vision skills (acuity, contrast sensitivity, ...
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Quality of life following glaucoma surgery: canaloplasty versus trabeculectomy
... of Vision Impairment, National Eye Institute–Visual Function- ing Questionnaire, National Eye Institute–Visual Functioning Questionnaire–25 items, Glaucoma Health Perception Index, Glaucoma Quality of ...
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Emergency plans in schools: Individualised disaster planning for students with impaired vision
... Strategies to enhance and individualise disaster planning for specific disability related needs of Journal of the South Pacific Educators in Vision Impairment, Volume 8, Number 1, 2015, [r] ...
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How does glaucoma look?: Patient perception of visual field loss
... Main Outcome Measures: Forced choice of an image best representing glaucomatous vision impairment. Results: Participants had a range of VF defect severity: average HFA mean deviation was ⫺ 8.7 dB (standard ...
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Evaluation of real-world mobility in age-related macular degeneration
... with vision loss from AMD, glaucoma, Fuchs’ endothelial dys- trophy, and controls with normal vision, reporting that AMD subjects had the highest life space constriction compared to subjects with glaucoma ...
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Vision and hearing impairments, cognitive impairment and mortality among long-term care recipients: a population-based cohort study
... cognitive impairment using a national assessment ...measure vision and hearing ...of vision and hearing impairments with cognitive ...%) vision impairment, 409 (23.3 %) hearing ...
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Sensory impairments in community health care: a descriptive study of hearing and vision among elderly Norwegians living at home
... Another finding of this study was that older men are more likely than older women to have severe vision impairment or combined vision and hearing impairments. VA scores were better among the women ...
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Poverty and Eye Health
... impaired vision from eye diseases such as trachoma and conditions such as cataracts, often need assistance from their family members and other people to conduct daily tasks as it becomes increasingly difficult for ...
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