Vision rehabilitation: current research activities helping to meet needs of veterans with visual impairments

The articles in this special issue on vision address three general areas: screening for diabetic retinopathy using teleretinal imaging, basic research on treating and preventing vision loss, and management of patients with low vision or legal blindness. For example, while individuals without a visua...

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Published inJournal of rehabilitation research and development Vol. 43; no. 6; pp. vii - viii
Main Authors Townsend, John C, Orcutt, James C, Schuchard, Ronald A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Department of Veterans Affairs 01.09.2006
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Subjects
Adults
Biomedical Research
Blindness
Care and treatment
Chronic illnesses
Diabetic retinopathy
Diagnosis
Diagnostic imaging
Eyes & eyesight
Humans
Macular degeneration
Medical treatment
Patients
Rehabilitation
United States
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Veterans
Vision disorders
Vision Disorders - rehabilitation
United States
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Summary:The articles in this special issue on vision address three general areas: screening for diabetic retinopathy using teleretinal imaging, basic research on treating and preventing vision loss, and management of patients with low vision or legal blindness. For example, while individuals without a visual impairment typically use the fovea to scan and fixate text, individuals with central scotomas or blind spots from macular degeneration scan text with a PRL, a peripheral retinal area that is used to scan and fixate objects.
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ISSN:0748-7711
1938-1352
DOI:10.1682/JRRD.2006.10.0126