ABOUT VISION PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH BRAIN INJURIES
This site provides information and resources for people who having eye symptoms or difficulties with vision, balance, reading, driving, etc. following a concussion or brain injury. Brain injuries can come in many forms. Below are some common diagnoses:
Essentially, Concussion or Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) or Acquired Brain Injury is an insult to the brain, such as a blow to the head, stroke, or neurological dysfunction. The insult can produce cognitive, sensory or physical impairments; most are amenable to rehabilitation. The following is a list of symptoms of visual problems which can result from brain injuries:
Blurred vision
Sensitivity to light, glare sensitivity
Reading difficulties; words appear to move
Comprehension difficulty
Attention and concentration difficulty
Memory difficulty
Double vision
Aching eyes
Headaches with visual tasks
Inability to maintain visual contact or focus
Reduction or loss of visual field (Visual Field Loss)
Difficulties with eye movements, such as:
ocular pursuits (eye tracking ability)
saccadics (shifting gaze quickly from one point to the other)
These visual problems can be successfully decreased or eliminated with various treatments, such as:
Optometric Vision Therapy
Neuro-optometric Rehabilitation Therapy (also, known as Vision Rehabilitation or
Optometric Neuro-Visual Processing Rehabilitation)
Corrective lenses, such as Yoked Prism Lenses
Eye muscle surgery (strabismus surgery) is a very questionable treatment option for visual consequences of brain injury, because -- unlike rehabilitative therapy, eye muscle surgery does not treat the problems occurring in the patient's brain.
To learn more, read the following articles or patient stories:
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