Developmental Vision Exams : Stroke, Traumatic Brain Injury or Illness

Vision problems resulting from acquired brain injury are often overlooked. Frequently these problems are hidden and neglected, lengthening and impairing rehabilitation.

Vision is the most important source of sensory information. Because of the close relationship between vision and the brain, acquired brain injury can disrupt the visual process, resulting in a vision problem. Symptoms indicating a vision problem are:

• Blurred vision
• Sensitivity to light
• Reading difficulties, works appear to move or disappear
• Comprehension difficulty
• Attention and concentration difficulty
• Memory difficulty
• Double vision
• Aching eyes
• Headaches from visual tasks
• Loss of visual field

A developmental vision evaluation or vision therapy can be very practical and effective to treat vision problems related to a stroke, traumatic brain injury or neurological event, or illness. After evaluation, Dr. Metzger determines how a patient takes in visual information, processes visual information and explains where the patient's visual strengths and weaknesses lie. Then the patient is prescribed a treatment regimen that may incorporate lenses, prisms, low vision aides and specific activities designed to improve control of the patient's visual system and increase visual efficiency.

Post Trauma Vision Syndrome & Visual Midline Shift Syndrome Brochure (PDF)