What’s normal ‘wear and tear’ due to age, and what’s something more serious? Here's how to tell if vision loss is normal or ...
What is Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)? CVI refers to a brain condition, not an eye condition and results from damage to the visual systems in the brain that deal with processing and integrating ...
Blindness is a lack of vision or a loss of vision that can’t be corrected. Partial blindness indicates limited vision, while complete blindness indicates you can’t see anything, including light.
Singer-songwriter Elton John has reported vision loss due to an eye infection. Dr. Derek Cunningham explains how this extreme ...
The term CVI can be confusing. Traditionally, CVI stood for Cortical Visual impairment. This means that while the eyes may look healthy there is damage to the visual pathway which results in visual ...
Experts have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in the United States and other industrialized nations.
The World Health Organization in its latest report has said that at least 2.2 billion people worldwide have vision impairment or blindness, of which over 1 billion cases could have been prevented ...
Nedoroscik is not the only Olympic athlete with vision impairment excelling in their sport. Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen ...
Here she talks about how you can support your child's speech and language development if they have a visual impairment… Babies and children learn using their five senses – they look ...
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 ...