Vision Rehabilitation. Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient following Brain Injury

DESCRIPTION

Providing the information required to understand, advocate for, and supply post-acute vision rehabilitative care following brain injury, Vision Rehabilitation: Multidisciplinary Care of the Patient Following Brain Injury bridges the gap between theory and practice. It presents clinical information and scientific literature supporting the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies applied in a comprehensive overview of current diagnostic and treatment strategies in adult post-brain injury vision rehabilitation.

Includes a foreword by Dr. Sue Barry

Because post-brain injury rehabilitation works best in a team setting where the entire person can be treated, this text has been carefully designed as a multidisciplinary resource with an emphasis on models for working with the rehabilitation team. The book covers a myriad of topics such as post-brain injury vision rehabilitation; eye movements; binocular dysfunction; visual field loss; visual-spatial neglect; shifts in visual egocenter affecting balance and coordination; visual-vestibular interactions; central vs. peripheral visual attention; as well as deficits in object perception, visual memory, and visual cognition.

The book details models that vision specialists working with the rehabilitation team can use to achieve the best success for the patient in rehabilitation; vision rehabilitation concepts and the science from which they have been developed; examples of therapeutic exercises; practice management information for the post-brain injury vision rehabilitation practice; and information on the legal process in which one frequently becomes involved in this type of work. Edited by eminent clinicians, the book highlights the work of contributors who are well-respected academicians and researchers, bringing together the clinical information that enables everyone involved in a brain injury case to grasp the diagnostic and therapeutic strategies.

Features

• Includes all the necessary information to provide post-acute vision rehabilitative care following brain injury
• Presents 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
• Provides practice management and legal considerations to allow and encourage successfully working in the field of visual neuro-rehabilitation
• Teaches how to diagnose and treat the patient with brain injury

TABLE OF CONTENTS

What Is Vision Rehabilitation Following Brain Injury? P.S. Suter, L. Hellerstein, L.H. Harvey, and K. Gutcher
The Interdisciplinary Approach to Vision Rehabilitation Following Brain Injury, A. Berryman and K.G. Rasavage
Neural Substrates of Vision, R. Helvie
Spatial Vision, R.B. Sanet and L.J. Press
Evaluation and Treatment of Visual Field Loss and Visual Spatial Neglect, N. Margolis
Egocentric Localization: Normal and Abnormal Aspects, K.J. Ciuffreda and D.P. Ludlam
The Use of Lenses to Improve Quality of Life Following Brain Injury, P.A. Harris
Photophobia, Light, and Color in Acquired Brain Injury, C.D. Stern
The Vestibular System: Anatomy, Function, Dysfunction, Assessment, and Rehabilitation, V.L. Bryan
Evaluation and Treatment of Vision and Motor Dysfunction Following Acquired Brain Injury from Occupational Therapy and Neuro-Optometry Perspectives, J.M. Powell and N.G. Torgerson
Acquired Brain Injury and Visual Information Processing Deficits, S. Groffman
Vision Examination of Patients with Neurological Disease and Injury, T. Politzer and P.S. Suter
Sucessfully Incorporating Vision Rehabilitation into the Primary Care Practice, A. Cohen
Advocating for Your Patient in the Legal System, J. Kiel
Glossary
Index

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY

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