Title | Low Vision [electronic resource] : Principles and Applications Proceedings of the International Symposium on Low Vision, University of Waterloo, June 25-27, 1986 / edited by George C. Woo |
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Imprint | New York, NY : Springer New York, 1987 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-4780-7 |
Descript | XXII, 578 p. online resource |
I -- 1. Measurement of Vision Loss: Theory and Practice Color Plates following page 10. -- Section A -- New and Improved Contrast Sensitivity Approaches to Low Vision -- The Evaluation of the Reading Capability of Low Vision Patients Using the Vision Contrast Test System (VCTS) -- Threshold and Suprathreshold Deficits in Color Vision in Optic Neuritis -- Contrast Sensitivity -- Section B -- The Effect of Blur Upon Psychophysical Receptive Field Properties -- Quantifying the Magnitude of Visual Impairment with Multi-flash Campimetry -- Spatial vs. Temporal Information in Suspected and Confirmed Chronic Open Angle Glaucoma -- Low Vision Management in Selected Eye Diseases -- The Role of X and Simple Cells in the Contrast Transducer Function of Low Vision and Normal Observers -- Differential Retinal Structural Damage Exhibited by Image Enhancement of Fundus Photographs -- The Visual Requirements of Mobility -- Visual Acuity Deficits and Chromatic Aberration in Pseudophakia -- Measurement of Central Fields Following Macular Degeneration -- Detection of Visual Field Defect Using Topographic Evoked Potential in Children -- Preliminary Study of Topographic Visual Evoked Potential Mapping in Children with Permanent Cortical Visual Impairment -- 2. Prescribing Low Vision Aids -- Prescribing Magnification: Strategies for Improving Accuracy and Consistency -- The Amorphic Fresnel Prism Trioptical System -- Sensorimotor Adaptation to Telescopic Spectacles -- Most Useful Visual Aids for the Partially Sighted -- Paradoxical Cases of Visual Improvement Offered by Above Average Lighting Levels in Cases of Albinism and Retinitis Pigmentosa -- Magnification Efficiency in the Low Vision Patient -- An Overview on the Use of a Low Magnification Telescope in Low Vision -- 3. Reading in Low Vision -- Observations from the Psychology of Reading Relevant to Low Vision Research -- Contrast Polarity Effects in Low Vision Reading -- Effect of Magnification and Field of View on Reading Speed Using a CCTV -- Predicting Reading Performance in Low Vision Observers with Age-Related Maculopathy (ARM) -- 4. Low Vision Care -- Section A -- Visual Impairment and Disability: Enhancement and Substitution -- The Clinical Profile of a Young Visually Handicapped Population -- Pathology Characteristics and Optical Correction of 900 Low Vision Patients -- Assessment of Vision of Deaf-Blind Persons: A Review -- An Evaluation of Follow Up Systems in Two Low Vision Clinics in the United Kingdom -- Vision Examinations of Handicapped Children at the Oregon State School for the Blind -- Accommodation in the Visually Impaired Child -- Abnormal Arm Tone, Cigarette Smoking and Use of Blood Pressure Medication in a Sight Enhancement Clinic Population -- The City Study - Preliminary Findings -- Section B -- The Silver Pages: Are They Easier to Read? -- A Hierarchy of Perceptual Training in Low Vision -- Low Vision Performance as a Function of Task Characteristics -- II -- 1. Some Issues in Rehabilitation in Low Vision -- Section A -- National Long Term Care Facility Survey -- Rights of Low Vision Children and Their Parents -- Life Satisfaction of Low Vision Patients and Other Disability Groups: A Preliminary Study -- Section B -- Sight Enhancement Services - A Safety Net or a Spiderโs Web? -- Strengthening Low Vision Rehabilitation Through the Accreditation Process -- A Unique Model for a Resource/Rehabilitation Centre for Consumers with Low Vision