[HTML][HTML] Cortical visual impairments and learning disabilities

S Chokron, K Kovarski, GN Dutton - Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Medical advances in neonatology have improved the survival rate of premature infants, as
well as children who are born under difficult neurological conditions. As a result, the …

Amblyopia and the whole child

EE Birch, KR Kelly - Progress in retinal and eye research, 2023 - Elsevier
Amblyopia is a disorder of neurodevelopment that occurs when there is discordant binocular
visual experience during the first years of life. While treatments are effective in improving …

Effect of a randomized interventional school-based vision program on academic performance of students in grades 3 to 7: a cluster randomized clinical trial

AJ Neitzel, B Wolf, X Guo, AF Shakarchi… - JAMA …, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Uncorrected refractive error in school-aged children may affect learning.
Objective To assess the effect of a school-based vision program on academic achievement …

Cerebral visual impairment‐related vision problems in primary school children: a cross‐sectional survey

C Williams, A Pease, P Warnes… - … Medicine & Child …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim To estimate how many children in mainstream primary schools have cerebral visual
impairment (CVI)‐related vision problems and to investigate whether some indicators might …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of spectacle correction on the well-being of children with vision impairment due to uncorrected refractive error: a systematic review

GP Pirindhavellie, AC Yong, KP Mashige, KS Naidoo… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Background Despite being easily corrected with eyeglasses, over two-thirds of the world's
child population presents with vision impairment (VI) due to uncorrected refractive errors …

[HTML][HTML] Clinical assessment, investigation, diagnosis and initial management of cerebral visual impairment: a consensus practice guide

RF Pilling, L Allen, R Bowman, J Ravenscroft… - Eye, 2023 - nature.com
Abstract Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI) is a common condition in the UK. Patients with
conditions associated with CVI are frequently seen in paediatric ophthalmology clinics …

Meeting vision needs of children with special educational needs: Case studies of the impact on behaviour and academic achievement

L McKerr, EL McConnell, SA Black… - British Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Accessible summary Children with learning disabilities often have problems with their
eyesight. We tested the eyes of nine children and checked whether they needed glasses or …

Leveraging neural plasticity for the treatment of amblyopia

EE Birch, KR Duffy - Survey of Ophthalmology, 2024 - Elsevier
Amblyopia is a form of visual cortical impairment that arises from abnormal visual
experience early in life. Most often, amblyopia is a unilateral visual impairment that can …

School performance and undetected and untreated visual problems in schoolchildren in Ireland; a population-based cross-sectional study

S Harrington, PA Davison, V O'Dwyer - Irish Educational Studies, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
This study explored the association between children's vision and their school academic
progress as reported by parents/guardians. Participants were 1,612 schoolchildren (722 6-7 …

Effectiveness of early spectacle intervention on visual outcomes in babies at risk of cerebral visual impairment: a parallel group, open-label, randomised clinical …

R Bullaj, L Dyet, S Mitra, C Bunce, CS Clarke… - BMJ open, 2022 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Introduction Hypoaccommodation is common in children born prematurely and those with
hypoxic ischaemic encephalopathy (HIE), with the potential to affect wider learning. These …