Vision Rehabilitation

Vision Rehabilitation Strategies to Address Vision Loss

Friday June 10, 2011, 1045-1215
Oak

Objectives
At the end of this session, participants will be able to:

• Describe the impact of central vision loss on reading performance.
• Identify new information about heritable retinal degeneration.
• Discuss issues related to rehabilitation management of peripheral field loss and barriers to attending vision rehabilitation.

1045	Introduction Simon Warner
1047	Awareness of central field loss in patients with age-related macular degeneration Donald C. Fletcher
1105	Questions
1107	Barriers to attending vision rehabilitation: Canadian research and research from other countries Mary Lousie Jackson
1119	Questions
1121	The rehabilitation of the low-vision patient with peripheral field deficits Samuel Markowitz
1133	Questions
1235	New insights from the study of heritable retinal degeneration Ian MacDonald
1250	Questions
1252	The affect of central scotomas on reading Donald C. Fletcher
1207	Questions
1214	Closing remarks Simon Warner