An enlargement of the visual field by 5 degrees of visual angle – what does it really mean? Is that a lot or a little? Will it have a positive impact on my everyday living activities?
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Atrial fibrillation, also known as AFib, is a heart condition that is often discussed within the stroke community. Your cardiovascular health has a direct impact on the chances of having a stroke, but the risk is greater in people with AFib. In fact you are five times more likely to have a stroke if you…
NovaVision offers two different therapy programs for rehabilitation of neurological vision loss – NeuroEyeCoach and Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT) – which we provide in a single therapy suite for €900. These therapies do different things, and in this blog we explain why it makes the most sense to do both these therapies, one after the…
A stroke occurs every five minutes in the UK where there are approximately 1.2 million stroke survivors(ref), and around 348,000 people are admitted to hospital with a brain injury each year(ref). Up to 60% of people who have a stroke will experience some kind of vision disorder. Vision disorders can come in the form of…
The term “Cortical Blindness” describes the partial or complete loss of vision resulting from a brain lesion. With this type of visual impairment the eyes can be fully intact, but the visual information cannot be transmitted to the brain regions in which these are processed into meaningful visual input such as brightness-contrasts, colors, objects, faces….
At NovaVision we are often asked by clinicians and therapists to discuss the differences between NeuroEyeCoach and other saccadic training programs – both those which appear to be specifically for saccadic training and those which have a saccadic training module within a therapy training suite of programs. A lot of clinical data over the years¹ has…
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In the context of neurological visual field loss we very often hear about hemianopia, the loss of the right or left half of the visual field in both eyes. However, some patients with neurological visual field loss find the term “quadrantanopia” in their medical records. If “hemianopia” means that you cannot see in half of…
At NovaVision we are sometimes asked the question: “what is the difference between your therapies and a brain training app I can download for less money?”
Rehabilitation is an essential part of the recovery process after a stroke so it’s important to investigate the options to help you to choose what’s right for you. Technology can play a major role in the recovery of stroke patients, including those with vision loss. Indeed, NovaVision’s computer based therapies can help patients regain some…
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