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1 online resource (xv, 352 pages) : illustrations |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Clinics in developmental medicine ; no. 186 |
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Clinics in developmental medicine ; no. 186. 0069-4835
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 296-321) and index. |
| Contents |
The visual brain, and the causes & imaging of cerebral pathology affecting vision -- The functional organization of the central visual pathways -- Causes of damage to the visual brain -- Common aetiologies of cerebral visual impairment -- Visual dysfunction and ocular findings associated with white matter damage of immaturity -- Visual dysfunction associated with hydrocephalus -- Diagnostic imaging of damage to the visual brain -- Imaging of disorders affecting the visual brain -- Correlation between imaging and early visual development -- Visual problems resulting from damage to the visual brain -- Impairment of central visual function and its measurement -- Impairment of peripheral vision and its measurement -- Abnormalities of refraction and accommodation and their management -- Clinical features of perceptual and cognitive visual impairment in children with brain damage of early onset -- Impairment of cognitive vision: its detection and measurement -- Structured clinical history taking for cognitive and perceptual visual dysfunction and for profound visual disabilities due to damage to the brain in children -- Objective behavioural and electrophysiological measures for assessing visual brain function in infants and young children -- Psychometric evaluation of higher visual disorders: strategies for clinical settings -- The effect of impaired vision on development -- Psychiatric considerations in cerebral visual impairment -- Disorders commonly accompanied by cerebral visual impairment -- Children with severe brain damage: functional assessment for diagnosis and intervention -- Visual impairment in cerebral palsy -- Children with intellectual disabilities and cerebral visual impairment: problems with detection and diagnosis -- Helping children with cerebral visual impairment -- Approaches to deal with visual problems due to cerebral visual impairment -- The principles -- Strategies to support the development and learning of children with CVI at home and at school: Communication and Orientation and Mobility -- Strategies to support the development and learning of children with cerebral visual impairment, at home and at school: Sustained Visual Work and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) -- Strategies to help children who have both visual and hearing impairments Setting up integrated services for children with cerebral visual impairment -- Classification of cerebral visual impairment -- Classification of visual functioning and disability in children with visual processing disorders due to cerebral visual impairment -- Towards the development of a classification of vision-related functioning: a framework. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Summary |
Cerebral visual impairment is the most common cause of visual impairment in the developed world. This book describes function, disfunction and management strategies for clinicians. |
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Vision disorders in children.
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Brain-damaged children.
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Children.
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Vision Disorders -- etiology |
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Adolescent |
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Brain Damage, Chronic -- complications |
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Child |
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Troubles de la vision chez l'enfant.
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Enfants atteints de lésions cérébrales.
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Enfants.
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children (people by age group)
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HEALTH & FITNESS -- Vision.
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MEDICAL -- Ophthalmology.
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Children
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Brain-damaged children
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Vision disorders in children
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| Added Author |
Dutton, Gordon.
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Bax, Martin.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Visual impairment in children due to damage to the brain. London : Mac Keith, 2010 9781898683865 (DLC) 2011414739 (OCoLC)656763310 |
| ISBN |
9781907655272 (electronic bk.) |
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1907655271 (electronic bk.) |
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9781898683865 |
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1898683867 |
| Standard No. |
AU@ 000053305150 |
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AU@ 000062382742 |
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AU@ 000069243007 |
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DEBBG BV041049187 |
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DEBBG BV043774649 |
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DEBBG BV044102410 |
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DEBSZ 472769650 |
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NZ1 15323585 |
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