Vision Rehabilitation (eBook, ePUB)

Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient Following Brain Injury
Redaktion: Suter, Penelope S.; Harvey, Lisa H.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Providing all of the necessary information required to provide post-acute vision rehabilitative care following brain injury, this multidisciplinary book bridges the gap between theory and practice and presents clinical information and scientific literature supporting the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies applied. It covers all areas of vision care including the structure and function of the eye, organization of visual perception in the brain, and rehabilitation concepts applied to the visual system. It offers cutting-edge research, prescribing lenses and prisms, and therapy techniques that will enable even the experienced clinician to provide enhanced care to the brain injury patient.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 544
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Februar 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040079966
• Artikelnr.: 72285897

Autorenporträt

Penelope S. Suter, O.D., Consultant, Centre for Neuro Skills, Bakersfield, California, USA Lisa Harvey, O.D., Private Practice, Ft. Bragg, California, USA

Inhaltsangabe

What Is Vision Rehabilitation Following Brain Injury? The Interdisciplinary
Approach to Vision Rehabilitation Following Brain Injury. Neural Substrates
of Vision. Evaluation and Treatment of Visual Field Loss and Visual Spatial
Neglect. Egocentric Localization: Normal and Abnormal Aspects. The Use of
Lenses to Improve Quality of Life Following Brain Injury. Photophobia,
Light, and Color in Acquired Brain Injury. The Vestibular System: Anatomy,
Function, Dysfunction, Assessment, and Rehabilitation. Evaluation and
Treatment of Vision and Motor Dysfunction Following Acquired Brain Injury
from Occupational Therapy and Neuro-Optometry Perspectives. Acquired Brain
Injury and Visual Information Processing Deficits. Vision Examination of
Patients with Neurological Disease and Injury. Sucessfully Incorporating
Vision Rehabilitation into the Primary Care Practice. Advocating for Your
Patient in the Legal System. Glossary. Index.