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Peer reviewedAitken, S.; Buultjens, M. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
This article reports on a study of the methods that 21 ophthalmologists used to assess the visual acuity of children with multiple impairments and the difficulties they encountered. Additional means of assessing visual function and alternative means of communicating the results are suggested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Children, Evaluation Methods, Multiple Disabilities, Ophthalmology
Baechle, Cathy L.; Rittenhouse, Robert K. – 1986
The authors describe personal experiences with Usher's Syndrome, a condition involving visual impairment (due to Retinitis Pigmentosa) and deafness. Prevalence and onset of Usher's Syndrome are described along with characteristics of two different types. Problems connected with diagnosis are reviewed, including genetic aspects and the progressive…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Behavior Patterns, Clinical Diagnosis, Deaf Blind
Direct linkvan den Broek, Ellen G. C.; Janssen, C. G. C.; van Ramshorst, T.; Deen, L. – Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 2006
Background: The prevalence of visual impairments in people with severe and profound multiple disabilities (SPMD) is the subject of considerable debate and is difficult to assess. Methods: In a typical Dutch care organization, all clients with SPMD (n = 76) participated in the study and specific instruments adapted to these clients (requiring a…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Incidence, Multiple Disabilities, Visual Acuity
Blea, William A. – 1977
Provided is a collection of presentations from a conference for ophthalmologists, optometrists, and educators meeting to exchange their concerns and share knowledge on various types of sensory handicaps of deaf blind children. The conference is seen as an introduction to the needs of deaf blind children and to the importance of stating diagnostic…
Descriptors: Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Conference Reports, Deaf Blind
Johnson, Samuel B. – Sight-Saving Review, 1974
Descriptors: Adults, Disadvantaged, Economically Disadvantaged, Exceptional Child Services
