Vision Rehabilitation

Preface Acknowledgements Low Vision: Past, Present, Future An Interactive History DDS The Low Vision Timeline Low Vision Care: Profound Challenges for the Next Century J.M. Enoch 15 Low Vision Research and Development Needs: Differing Perspectives, Differing Needs A.A. Rosenbloom and G.L. Goodrich 19 Low Vision 23 Causes Age-Related Macular Degeneration J. Roodhooft 25 Macular Degeneration: Functional Implications M.L. Fischer 32 Diabetic Retinopathy: Epidemiology and Anatomy E.M. Hernandez 36 Albinism: Current Clinical Research and Implications for the Future C.G. Summers 39 An Overview of Oculocutaneous Albinism in South Africa H.S. Sacharowitz 41 Trachoma B. Thylefors 47 Global Vision Health Crisis ^DDS Toxoplasmosis S. Veitzman 49 The Ocular Manifestations of Pseudoxanthoma Elasticum W.S. Fuchs and M.G. Lebwohl 51 Treatments New Drug Treatments for Macular Degeneration D. Guyer 54 Retinal Cell Transplantation: Progress Continues on Reconstructing the Human Retina C.J. MacKay and P. Gouras 56 Relocation of a Preferred Retinal Locus from an Unfavorable Location to a Favorable Location for Reading in Patients with a Central Scotoma (AMD), as Demonstrated in a Scanning Laser Ophthalmoscope U.L. Nilsson, C. Frennesson, and S.E.G. Nilsson 59 Effect of High Power Prisms on Visual Search Time in Age-Related Macular Degeneration with a Dense Central Scotoma C.A. Verezen and C.B. Hoyng 62 Cyclophotocoagulation in Refractory Glaucoma Treatment J.B. del Castillo, J.M. Santamaria, and E.R. Molina 67 Augmented Vision for Central Scotoma and Peripheral Field Loss E. Peli 70 The Evolution of the 20th Century Treatment of Cataracts H.M. Byron 75 Madurai IOL Study P. Vijayalakshmi and N.V. Prjana 78 The Effects of Blue Light on Ocular Health E. Kitchel 81 The Self-Efficacy Mechanism in Biofeedback Visual Rehabilitation of Low Vision Patients Affected by Optic Atrophy F. Fasce, O. Segantin, S. Betti, F. Paratore, and R. Brancato 84 Cortical Impairment Following Perinatal Hypoxia: Considerations for Rehabilitation F. Vital-Durand 87 Rehabilitation for Disaster Related Visual Impairment: Lessons Learned from the August 7th, 1998 Nairobi Terrorist Bomb Blast F. Saya 92 Visual Disturbances in the Brain Visual Training of People with Visual Field Defects D.P. Bergsma and G.J. van der Wildt 94 Homonymous Hemianopia in the Low Vision Clinic ^DDS Which Way to Turn? J.K. Collins 99 Treating Hemianopia Using Prisms to Create Peripheral Diplopia E. Peli 104 Fitting Prisms for Visual Field Loss A.M. Perez and R.T. Jose 110 Macular Sparing and Fixation Behavior in Hemianopia S. Trauzettel-Klosinski and J. Reinhard 113 The Effect of Post Trauma Vision Syndrome (PTVS) and Visual Midline Shift Syndrome (VMSS) on Function Following a Neurological Event W.V. Padula, J.B. Shapiro, and S. Argyris 114 Charles Bonnet Syndrome In Adults with Visual Impairments from Age-Related Macular Degeneration L.G. Mogk, A. Riddering, D. Dahl, C. Bruce, and S. Brafford 117 The Charles Bonnet Syndrome: Development of a Protocol for Clinical Practice in Multidisciplinary Approach from Assessment to Intervention P.F.J. Verstraten 120 Poor Reading Because of Imperfect Binocular Coordination G.J. van der Wildt and K. Hagemans 123 Assessment Visual Functions Minimally Affected by Age: Implications for Gerontology and Low Vision J.M. Enoch 127 Macular Degeneration: Assessing Change in Visual Function Over Time M.E. McClure, P.M. Hart, A.J. Jackson, M.R. Stevenson, and U. Chakravarthy 132 A Simplified and Time Saving Method of Refraction in a Developing Country A. Metcalf and R. Stedall 136 Identification of Low-Pass Filtered Images by Low Vision Patients V. Mazoyer, K. Knoblauch, S. Fontanay, F. Koenig, and F. Vital-Durand 138 Testing Functional Visual Space Before Setting Up a Personal Rehabilitation Program for Visually Impaired People C. Dauxerre, F. Phung, B. Le Bail, and C. Corbe 142 The Relationship between Clinical Measures of Vision Imp