Four of the 70 children with
hemianopia had response to movement, especially noted in the peripheral field.
One of the artists and a former carpenter, Peter Mulholland, can only see half of the visual field due to
hemianopia after a stroke 12 years ago.
The technique developed at Durham University - which could be delivered to people's mobile phones or games consoles - could help the 4,000 people each year who suffer from
hemianopia, in which people lose half of their visual field.
Table 1: Classification of Stroke in the study * Stroke Classification Features Total anterior cerebral Deficits of higher cerebral function, infarct (TACI), homonymous
hemianopia and ipsilateral hemiparesis with or without sensory loss.
Washington, Nov 12 (ANI): Researchers have found that people suffering from
hemianopia face difficulty in detecting pedestrians while driving.
Severe cranial trauma can "split" the optic chiasm and produce a bitemporal
hemianopia. Penetrating cranial injuries can also damage more posterior structures along the afferent visual pathway, usually at the level of the occipital cortex.
A 46-year-old white man complained of episodic visual auras consisting of fortification spectra and
hemianopia that had started in early adulthood.
Four patients had specific postoperative sequelae of partial
hemianopia, unilateral visual loss, or anosmia.
Patients with hemiparesis, homonymous
hemianopia and new disorders of higher cerebral dysfunction e.g.
02 OxSight Prism glasses are designed to help people with peripheral vision loss such as glaucoma, retinitis pigmentosa and homonymous
hemianopia.
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Hemianopia (half-sided impairment of visual fields).
Our neurological evaluation revealed dysarthria, right side paresthesias, and left limbs ataxia in addition to right lateral homonymous
hemianopia that was secondary to the previous ischemic event.
hemianopia - blindness in one half of the visual field of one or both eyes