Compared to the near total permanent vision loss associated with cortical blindness in adults, which is often due to strokes, children with CVI usually retain some functional vision that may improve ...

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Unlike other vision impairments, CVI stems from an injury to the visual centers of the brain that affects how it communicates with the eyes. People with CVI usually have healthy eyes but have trouble ...

Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in ...

Known as cerebral (or cortical) visual impairment (CVI), some estimates suggest that at least 3% of primary school children exhibit CVI-related visual problems, which vary, but may include difficulty ...

Lorenzo reads out loud from an iPad inside a classroom at Miami Lighthouse Academy. “Pete was getting more ...” He pauses, sounds out one of the large, yellow words, then starts reading again.

Sitting on the couch of his Greenwood home, 2-year-old Merrick Bravard-Decker stared intently at the jungle animals illustrated on the pages of the book in front of him. With the help of David Sterne, ...

Inside its first brick-and-mortar location just east of downtown, Visually Impaired Preschool Services has created the perfect play place for young children learning to navigate the world. In the ...

Shannon Goff, left, helps her son, Lennix Goff, center, age four, at the Parkesburg Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt for the blind and visually impaired on Sunday at the Parkersburg City Park. Lennix is ...