Low Vision Rehabilitation
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Review Paper: Rehabilitation of Blind People and People With Low Vision in Iran
Objectives: The blind and visually disabled people form a predominant group in the disabled society and hence, need greater attention. Most of the rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, do not focus on this group. Thus, the aim of the study is to shed light on the issue of negligent attitude of rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, toward blind a...
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the diagnosis distribution, low vision rehabilitation methods and utilization of low vision rehabilitation in partially sighted persons over 65 years old. MATERIALS AND METHODS One hundred thirty-nine partially sighted geriatric patients aged 65 years or older were enrolled to the study between May 2012 and September 2013. Patients' age, gender and the distribution of d...
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OBJECTIVES To determine the clinical features and the distribution of diagnosis in partially sighted school-age children, to report the chosen low vision rehabilitation methods and to emphasize the importance of low vision rehabilitation. MATERIALS AND METHODS The study included 150 partially sighted children between the ages of 6 and 18 years. The distribution of diagnosis, accompanying ocul...
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OBJECTIVE Low vision rehabilitation is an emerging practice area for the field of occupational therapy. As a result there is a need to develop tools and training for fieldwork educators in this practice area. PARTICIPANTS Occupational therapists with no experience in low vision rehabilitation participated in the pilot of the tools and training developed. METHOD A literature review was compl...
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