Thursday, 24 March 2011

RNIB Stroke and Vision

Web page from the RNIB (Royal National Institute of the Blind, UK) describing visual problems due to stroke.  Follow this link.

Tuebingen visual search / saccade training programme (VISIOcoach)

The University of Tuebingen Low Vision Clinic produces a saccadic training programme for patients with hemianopia, VISIOcoach.  It encourages saccdes into the blind hemifield.  It's based on this 2009 publication in the journal Neurology.  It costs around 300 Euros + tax.  The authors don't have any financial interest (which is reassuring).

FEATURED

Try Eye-Search, free web-based visual search training from University College London (funded by the Stroke Association).
Listening Books is a UK charity providing audiobooks for people with reading difficulty. Books can be posted on CD, downloaded, or streamed online. There is a membership fee, but it is apparently heavily subsidised.