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The Routledge handbook of visual impairment /
The Routledge Handbook of Visual Impairment examines current debates as well as cross-examining traditionally held beliefs around visual impairment. It provides a bridge between medical practice and social and cultural research drawing on authentic investigations. It is the intention of this Handboo...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY :
Routledge,
2019.
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| Colección: | Routledge international handbooks
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Chapter 1: Introduction and synthesis of themes: the editor's perspective; Introduction; Conclusion; Note; References; Part I: Introducing and understanding the profile, sociological and psychological impact of visual impairment; Chapter 2: Global data on vision lossImplications for services; Introduction to global prevalence and causes of vision loss; Vision impairment in children; Implications and challenges
- ConclusionReferences; Chapter 3: Psychological representation of visual impairment; Introduction; Compensatory hypothesis; Auditory processing; Somatosensory processing; Olfaction; General-loss hypothesis; Impact of perception on higher cognition; Critical periods for visual development: evidence fromsight restoration; The metamodal hypothesis of computational (non-sensory)brain organisation; Cross-modal plasticity: cortical reorganisation or unmasking?; Molyneux's question; Conclusion; References; Chapter 4: On being blind; Introduction; Conclusion
- Part II: Cerebral visual impairment/cerebral visual processingChapter 5: Cerebral (cortical) visual impairment in children; Introduction; The creation of vision by the brain; Where is the "picture" of what we see? Is it out in front of us, or is it in our minds?; What is going on inside the brain of the child with CVI?; Ten ways in which children can be visually affected by CVI; A "thinking in threes" approach to the subject of CVI; Aspects of cerebral auditory impairment that can compoundthe difficulties of CVI
- Empowering affected children, their parents and carers by skilled teaching about the specific effects of CVI and how to deal with themThumbnail sketches of a range of CVI case studies; Additional visual difficulties described by those affected andby parents; Can cerebral visual impairment be masked?; Can CVI present with features of an alternative diagnosis?; Conclusion; References; Chapter 6: A personal perspective on CVI; Introduction; A CVI journey; Conclusion; References; Chapter 7: Assessment of visual processing functions and disorders; Introduction; Case 1; Case 2; Case 3
- Clinical assessment of atypical visual functioning for educationand rehabilitationConclusion; References; Part III: Education; Chapter 8: Trends in low vision education; Introduction; A brief history of early low vision education servicesin the United States; Legislative mandates; Curriculum guidelines; Composition of the population of children with low vision; Criteria for entitlement to education services; Advances in educational research related to low vision education; Technological advances and low vision education practice; Availability of qualified teachers; Conclusion; References