Low vision

Abstract

One of the most taxing aspects of rehabilitation is the initial assessment of residual visual functioning in the client who has some degree of vision left. First of all, it is important to establish whether the visual problem lies solely within the eye, or whether it stems from some more central problem within the brain. We have looked in some detail at the effects of brain damage on visual perception, but the majority of clients will simply have something wrong with their eyes, and the remainder of their visual system is unlikely to be affected.