Visual Impairments and Neurodevelopmental Disorders : From Diagnosis to Rehabilitation / edited by Elisa Fazzi, Emilio Bianchi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Fazzi, Elisa, editor.

Bianchi, Emilio, editor.

Series:

Mariani Foundation paediatric neurology series ; 29.

Mariani Foundation paediatric neurology series ; 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Children.

Neurodevelopmental treatment.

Vision disorders.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 pages) : illustrations.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Visual impairments and neurodevelopmental disorders

Visual impairments & neurodevelopment disorders

Place of Publication:

Montrouge, France : John Libbey, 2016.

Summary:

A comprehensive review of visual impairment in children and possible solutions. The rising number of cases in visual disorders during development, over the last decade, has strongly influenced approaches to diagnosis and rehabilitation. Moreover, the study of visual function has evolved not only within an ophthalmological, but also a neurodevelopmental framework: advances in our understanding of the maturation and plasticity of visual system functioning have further guided the progress of such approaches. As a result, the key importance of the developmental age is now widely acknowledged, from as early as the first months of life. This book provides an overview of the diagnosis and treatment of visual disorders in relation to advances in neurodevelopmental studies. The concept of early and multimodal management is discussed, with a focus on neuro-psycho-ophthalmological issues. The need for training courses aimed at updating semiological aspects and methodological and rehabilitative strategies is established, as being of significant value to clinical practice.

Contents:

General overview

Chapter 1 - Visual function and neurodevelopment in children: from neuroscience to rehabilitation

Chapter 2 - Visual development in childhood

Chapter 3 - Functional assessment of cerebral visual impairment in infants and children with neurodevelopmental disorders

Chapter 4 - Adult human cortical plasticity after transient visual deprivation: implications for occlusion therapy in amblyopia

Chapter 5 - The role of the motor system: from action coding to cognition

Cerebral Visual Impairment: from diagnosis to rehabilitation

Chapter 6 - Concept and overview of cerebral visual impairment: a clinical perspective

Chapter 7 - Oculomotor disturbances in children with neurological diseases

Chapter 8 - Visual-perceptual and visual-cognitive disorders in cerebral palsy

Chapter 9 - Developmental and acquired higher visual processing disorders in children

Chapter 10 - Neuroimaging of cerebral visual impairment in children

Chapter 11 - The role of electrophysiology in the diagnosis of visually impaired children

Chapter 12 - Visual profile in healthy full-term newborns: use of the Neonatal Assessment Visual European Grid (NAVEG)

Rehabilitationof visual impairments

Chapter 13 - Visual field defects and brain plasticity in children with cerebral lesions

Chapter 14 - A multidisciplinary and multidimensional approach to visual function in childhood: from neurovisual disorders to strategies of intervention for promoting neuropsychomotor development

Chapter 15 - Assistive technology for rehabilitation and school inclusion of low-vision children and adolescents

Visual disordersand neurological diseases

Chapter 16 - Disorders of the anterior segment in the syndromic child

Chapter 17 - Albinism

Chapter 18 - Acquired nystagmus

Chapter 19 - Perceptual visual disturbances and epilepsy

Chapter 20 - Congenital disorders of the optic nerve.

Notes:

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ISBN:

2-7420-1482-9

OCLC:

959713854