- AGING RESEARCH Aging, Strokes, and the Effect on the Eyes and Vision FELDBERG CENTER FOR VISION REHABILITATION Storm Eye Institute MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA - Charleston, SC
TEACHING FACULTY Stephen E. Morse, O.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. Associate Professor & Director e-mail: morsese@musc.edu Kelly Singleton, O.D., MS Clinical Instructor e-mail: singleke@musc.edu Shirley Anderson, OTR/L Adjunct Faculty &Therapy Coordinator e-mail: andes@musc.edu Feldberg Center for Vision Rehabilitation 735 Johnnie Dodds / Suite 103 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 voice: (843)876-1089 fax: (843)388-8477
Feldberg Center for Vision Rehabilitation Mission Clinical care Education and Training Research Community Service
WHAT IS LOW VISION? Vision loss that cannot be corrected by glasses, medication or surgery is called low vision. Caused by many different conditions, macular degeneration, diabetes, glaucoma, stroke, retinitis pigmentosa
LOW VISION EXAMINATION
REHABILITATION OF VISUAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH STROKES
Patterns of Vision Loss
TYPES OF VISUAL FIELD LOSS o
What Problems Do People Experience after Acquired Brain Injury VISUAL FIELD LOSS Orientation and mobility Reading - far and near Balance and stability All of the above can contribute to a devastating functional loss
What is NovaVision VRT? VRT = Vision Restoration Therapy NovaVision VRT Vision Restoration Therapy is an FDA-cleared, patented medical device that non-invasively restores vision in stroke and brain injury patients who have visual deficits.
Vision Rehabilitation Approaches to Visual Field Loss Compensatory- The ability to make eye movements to address the affected area of visual field loss Neuroplasticity - The ability of the nervous system to modify its structural and functional organization to compensate for injury
NovaVision, Inc. Partner Clinics Nationally recognized rehabilitation institutions offering VRT Storm Eye Institute at the Medical University of South Carolina () Charleston, South Carolina Doheny Eye Institute at the University of Southern California (USC) Los Angeles, California Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miami, Florida Emory Eye Clinic Atlanta, Georgia Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins Baltimore, Maryland Neurological Institute of New York at Columbia University Medical Center New York, New York New Jersey Neuroscience Institute at JFK Medical Center Edison, New Jersey
VRT testing and training protocol Initial evaluation and demonstration in clinic; Automated Visual Field can show baseline In-home training daily in 3 month increments Repeat Automated Visual Field to document progress
Who is Eligible for VRT Stroke Traumatic brain injury (e.g. motor vehicle accident, violence, fall, etc.) Focal brain lesions Brain tumors Aneurysms Infections
What Improvement is Provided by VRT
Vision Rehabilitation for Stroke and Traumatic Brain Injury Orientation and Mobility training ADL and home management Reading scanning and tracking training Prism visual field expansion therapy
ORIENTATION & MOBILITY TRAINING Sighted guide training and long guide cane mobility training
Vision Rehab Community Reintegration
Activities of Daily Living Vision Rehabilitation in the Home
READING (scanning & tracking) TRAINING Examples of devices used to help read after stroke specific scanning/tracking training depends on the side where vision loss has occurred.
Vision Rehab in the Clinic
PRISM VISUAL FIELD EXPANSION THERAPY
RESEARCH PROGRAM Project Magnify Eccentric Viewing Partial Occlusion Therapy Johns Hopkins Outcomes Study Partner
PROJECT MAGNIFY
TEACHING AND COMMUNITY Ophthalmology Resident lectures Occupational Therapy MS students Low Vision Doctors and Occupational Therapists Support Groups Macular Degeneration Diabetic Retinopathy SERVICE
TEACHING FACULTY Stephen E. Morse, O.D., M.P.H., Ph.D. Associate Professor & Director e-mail: morsese@musc.edu Kelly Singleton, O.D., MS Clinical Instructor e-mail: singleke@musc.edu Shirley Anderson, OTR/L Adjunct Faculty &Therapy Coordinator e-mail: andes@musc.edu Feldberg Center for Vision Rehabilitation 735 Johnnie Dodds / Suite 103 Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 voice: (843)876-1089 fax: (843)388-8477