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Low vision rehabilitation : a practical guide for occupational therapists
Title:
Low vision rehabilitation : a practical guide for occupational therapists
Author:
Scheiman, Mitchell, author.
ISBN:
9781617117138
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (353 pages) : illustrations
Contents:
Epidemiology, history, and clinical model for low vision rehabilitation -- Review of basic anatomy, physiology, and development of the visual system -- Visual acuity, contrast sensitivity, refractive disorders, and visual fields -- Eye diseases associated with low vision -- Optics of lenses, refraction, and magnification -- Psychosocial issues related to visual impairment -- Overview and review of the low vision evaluation / Paul B. Freeman -- Occupational therapy low vision rehabilitation evaluation -- Overview of treatment strategy -- Foundation skills and therapeutic activities -- Patient education and modification of the environment -- Nonoptical assistive devices -- Optical devices and magnification strategies -- Computer technology in low vision rehabilitation -- Adaptive diabetes self-management tools and techniques / Debra A. Sokol-McKay -- Establishing a low vision rehabilitation specialty practice -- Goal writing.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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