Nbcot Vision And Cognition

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visual foundation skills

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acuity, fields, oculomotor control

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anosognosia

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unawareness or denial of deficits.

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limb apraxia

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inability to carry out purposeful movement in the presence of intact sensation, movement and coordination.

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constructional apraxia

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deficit in constructional activities

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legal blindness

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acuity: 20/200 best corrected vision in best eye.
Visual field: 20 degrees or less in the best eye.

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SCLV

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occupational therapist specialist in area of low vision.

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certified low vision therapist

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trains clients to use vision more effectively with or without devices

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certified vision rehab therapist

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rehab teacher: teaches brail..trains on blind techniques, uses technology

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certified orientation and mobility specialist

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teaches in systematic efficient techniques to remain oriented and safe when traveling using long canes, sighted guide or dogs.

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Components of ocularmotor control

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eye alignment, accomodation, convergence, saccadic movements, and smooth pursuit (tracking).

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normal visual field

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left to right 150 degrees
verticle 120 degrees.

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attention:

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the awareness and identification of the body, the environment, and the relationship between the two. the ability to search, scan, and identify an object and filter out unnecessary details: scanning is the result of visual attention.

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disorders of visuo-cognition

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agnosia, alexia, visual closure, figure ground, and spatial relations.

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optic nerve

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tract of brain: crosses at the chiasm and then goes to visual cortex in occipital lobe carries picture to brain for interpretation

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oculomotor nerve

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controls medial, inferior, superior rectus and inferior oblique, controls pupil dilation and positioning of eyelid

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trochlear nerve:

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controls superior oblique (inward and downward)

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trigeminal nerve:

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sensory fiber to upper eyelid, eyeball, and skin around eyes

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abducens

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controls lateral rectus

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macula and fovea

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parts of the retina
macula: area of best vision
fovea center of vision.

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visual pathway

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optic nerve--> optic chaism--> optic tract--> lateral geniculate nucleus of thalamus--> visual corte

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occipital lobe

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contain visual cortex, scanning and identification of objects, awareness and discrimination

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frontal loabe

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planning, problem solving, organizing attention, appropriate behavior, and initiation of movement

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parietal lobe

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right: visual spacial relations
left: understanding spoken and written language (wernickes)

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temporal lobe

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right: visual recognition and memory
left: verbal memory

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thalamus

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eye movement, integration of visual and cognitive information

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cerebellum

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eye control and coordination

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brainstem

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protective eye responses.

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presbyopia

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condition where with age, the eye exhibits a progressively diminished ability to focus on near objects

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Retinitis pigmentosa

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decreased acuity, photo sensitivity, constricion of peripheral visual field and night blindness. hereditary. no known cure. slow and progressive field loss that may lead to blindness

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age related macular degen

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only central vision of the macula is affected causing scotomas, and reduced contrast sensitivity.

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retinal degenerations

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best disease
stargardt disease

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retinopathy of prematurity

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retrolental fibroplasia: decreased visual acuity, scarring and retinal detachment causing possible field loss or blindness. glacoma, inflammation of the uvea, and increased rish for strabismus (cross eye) and amblyopia (lazy eye)

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right hemisphere visual deficits

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hemi- in attention, visual inattention, focus is on the whole, visuospacial perception disorders.

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left hemisphere visual deficits:

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focus is on the details, difficulty identifying objects, may miss details of an object, and apraxia is more common.

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occipital lobe visual deficits

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visual field deficits, scanning deficits

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frontal lobe visual deficits

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fixation and saccade deficits, slowed responses, in periphery, reduced speed in visual motor tasks.

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parietal and temporal lobe visual deficits:

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deficits in spatial relations, visual memory, visual discrimination, visual attention, visual field, agnosia

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thalamus, cerebellum, brainstem visual deficits

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eye movement deficits, visual and cognitive processing problems

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normal visual field

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superior: 60 degrees
inferior: 75 degrees
nasal side: 60 degrees
temporal side: 100 degrees

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foveation

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creates and sustains a clear precise image
* fixation
* saccades
* smoothe pursuits

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sensory fusion:

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abilitly to merge two images into one for binocular vision: CNS function

* convergence
* divergence
* accomodation
* extraocular range of motion
* diplopia

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ideomotor apraxia

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production error; can use tools but appears awkward or clumsy.

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conceptual apraxia

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difficulty with use of tools.

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Florida Apraxia Screening Test-Revised

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can be completed using one hand, relates to limb apraxia only. no psychometrics and takes a long time.

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chaining techniques

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method of breaking the task into smaller steps. relearns steps. backward chaining begins with the last step

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agnosia

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impairment in the ability to recognize and identify objects using only visual means; caused by lesions to the right occipital lobe.

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prosopagnosia

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facial agnosia

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SIMULTANAGNOSIA

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inability to recognize and interpret an entire visual arroy at a time...usually damage to the right.

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Figure-ground Visual Perception Test

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part of southern CA sensory integration test

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overlapping figure subtests

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part of lowenstein occupational therapy cognitive assessment to test figure ground

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Developmental test of visual perception

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figure ground, form constancy/discrimination

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MVPT

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figure ground, constancy, spacial relations