Optometric Center for Family Vision Care & Vision Therapy

If you have any of these symptoms, schedule an

appointment today – we can help!

Vision & Brain

Injury “There is an extremely high incidence (greater than 50%) of visual and visual-cognitive disorders in neurologically impaired patients (traumatic brain injury, cerebral vascular accidents, multiple sclerosis etc.”)

Rosalind Gianutsos, Ph.D.

"Visual-perceptual dysfunction is one of the most common devastating residual impairments of head injury."

Barbara Zoltan, M.A., O.T.R.

"The majority of individuals that recover from a traumatic brain injury will have binocular function difficulties in the form of strabismus (eye turn), … oculomotor (tracking) dysfunction, convergence (eye coordination) and accommodative (focusing) abnormalities".

William Padula, O.D., FNORA

Neuro-Optometric Vision

Rehabilitation Treatment for vision problems

following a Head Injury, Concussion, Stroke, Brain Surgery

or due to other Neurological Conditions

Post-Trauma Vision Syndrome o Double or blurry vision o Headaches o Dizziness or nausea o Poor attention or concentration o Staring behavior (low blink rate) o Extreme light sensitivity o Things move or “swim” o Loses place when reading o Can’t find the next line o Visual memory problems o Pushes objects away when they

are brought close to him/her

Visual Midline Shift Syndrome o Dizziness, nausea or disoriented o Bumps into objects o Poor balance or posture: o Side vision loss, Hemianopsia,

Neglect o Leans back on

heels, forward, or to one side

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It can make all the difference!

Double vision while driving

Double vision while driving

Neuro-Optometric Vision Rehabilitation Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation treats the visual problems that occur in adults and children as a result of an acquired brain injury (ABI = stroke, car accident, seizure, concussion, or brain surgery), or neurological conditions such as Parkinson’s, Myasthenia Gravis or Multiple Sclerosis.

Our eyes are a part of the brain and any type of injury to the brain will most likely affect vision. Most of the patients we see have 20/20 eyesight, yet they struggle with Post Trauma Vision Syndrome or a Midline Visual Shift. To see if vision is interfering with recovery schedule a Neuro-Optometric Vision Evaluation.

Evaluation A Neuro-Optometric Vision Evaluation involves in-depth testing that goes beyond the traditional eye exam. It looks at how well your vision functions and whether a vision problem is contributing to difficulties with activities such as reading, writing, driving, walking, running, dressing, eating, shopping, using a computer or returning to work.

While the first step of the Neuro-Optometric Vision Evaluation starts with ensuring your eyes are healthy and maximizing clarity of sight, the next step is to determine if you will experience relief with lenses, tints and/or prisms. In addition, visual skills are evaluated as they relate to your work or hobbies.

Your doctor will check how well your eyes track, focus, and work together; as well as perform tests to determine if one has Post Trauma Vision Syndrome or a visual midline shift. We will also evaluate visual information processing skills, visual memory, eye-hand coordination, and peripheral vision loss or spatial neglect.

Vision problems that occur after a brain injury can range from being very subtle to dramatic. Sometimes we are able to treat the vision problems right away. The more dramatic and even subtle vision problems may require visual rehabilitation therapy.

Vision problems associated with brain injuries can be disabling and hinder independence. Often patients are told that nothing can be done to help them, but there is hope. We can help!

Treatment Specialized treatment may include one or more of the following:

§ Lenses § Prisms § Filters and Tinted Lenses § Field expanding devices § Spot or partial patches § Rehabilitative vision therapy

The First Step Schedule a Neuro-Optometric Vision Rehabilitation Evaluation to find out how we can help relieve your symptoms and aid in your recovery. Call 650-593-1661 Today!

“Neuro-Optometric Vision Rehabilitation at Family Vision Care helps concussed patients to have even better visual skills

than before their head injury!

Vision has been a key component in the recovery of our concussed students

and athletes, as well as brain injured patients in our community.”

Jamshid Ghajar, MD, PhD, FACS, Neurosurgeon, Clinical Professor,

Stanford Concussion & Performance Center r