1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910779075603321

Titolo

Visual impairment in children due to damage to the brain / / edited by Gordon N. Dutton and Martin Bax

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Mac Keith, , 2010

ISBN

1-908316-24-1

1-907655-27-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (784 pages)

Collana

186

Clinics in developmental medicine, , 0069-4835 ; ; no. 186

Altri autori (Persone)

DuttonGordon

BaxMartin

Disciplina

617.7120083

Soggetti

Vision disorders in children

Brain-damaged children

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 296-321) and index.

Nota di contenuto

The visual brain, and the causes & imaging of cerebral pathology affecting vision -- The functional organization of the central visual pathways -- Causes of damage to the visual brain -- Common aetiologies of cerebral visual impairment -- Visual dysfunction and ocular findings associated with white matter damage of immaturity -- Visual dysfunction associated with hydrocephalus -- Diagnostic imaging of damage to the visual brain -- Imaging of disorders affecting the visual brain -- Correlation between imaging and early visual development -- Visual problems resulting from damage to the visual brain -- Impairment of central visual function and its measurement -- Impairment of peripheral vision and its measurement -- Abnormalities of refraction and accommodation and their management -- Clinical features of perceptual and cognitive visual impairment in children with brain damage of early onset -- Impairment of cognitive vision: its detection and measurement -- Structured clinical history taking for cognitive and perceptual visual dysfunction and for profound visual disabilities due to damage to the brain in children -- Objective behavioural and electrophysiological measures for assessing visual brain function in infants and young children -- Psychometric evaluation



of higher visual disorders: strategies for clinical settings -- The effect of impaired vision on development -- Psychiatric considerations in cerebral visual impairment.

Disorders commonly accompanied by cerebral visual impairment -- Children with severe brain damage: functional assessment for diagnosis and intervention -- Visual impairment in cerebral palsy -- Children with intellectual disabilities and cerebral visual impairment: problems with detection and diagnosis -- Helping children with cerebral visual impairment -- Approaches to deal with visual problems due to cerebral visual impairment -- The principles -- Strategies to support the development and learning of children with CVI at home and at school: Communication and Orientation and Mobility -- Strategies to support the development and learning of children with cerebral visual impairment, at home and at school: Sustained Visual Work and Activities of Daily Living (ADL) -- Strategies to help children who have both visual and hearing impairments Setting up integrated services for children with cerebral visual impairment -- Classification of cerebral visual impairment -- Classification of visual functioning and disability in children with visual processing disorders due to cerebral visual impairment -- Towards the development of a classification of vision-related functioning: a framework.

Sommario/riassunto

Cerebral visual impairment is the most common cause of visual impairment in the developed world.  This book describes function, disfunction and management strategies for clinicians.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807714803321

Titolo

Vision and the brain : understanding cerebral visual impairment in children / / Amanda Hall Lueck and Gordon N. Dutton, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, New York : , : AFB Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-89128-642-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (720 pages) : illustrations

Disciplina

618.920977

Soggetti

Vision disorders in children

Pediatric neuroophthalmology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.



3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910807182903321

Titolo

Panama [[electronic resource] ] : society & culture / / World Trade Press

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Petaluma, Calif., : World Trade Press, c1993-2010 [2010]

ISBN

1-60780-410-7

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (24 p.)

Disciplina

301.2

Soggetti

Women - Panama

Panama Social life and customs

Panama Description and travel

Panama Social conditions

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Sommario/riassunto

Need to know it all? Our all-inclusive culture report for Panama will get up to speed on all aspects of culture in Panama, including lifecycle, religion, women, superstitions & folklore, sports, holidays & festivals, and etiquette.