Investigation of vision in children with CVI and children with abusive head trauma
Short description
Our aim is to develop methods to investigate visual functions in children with impaired vision due to e.g. cerebral palsy and head injuries. An understanding of the problems will improve the childs learning, school work, communication and everyday life.
Background
Many neurological conditions in children may impair vision, e.g. Cerebral Palsy and head injuries. Other conditions may also impair vision, either by direct disturbance of the eye, or of visual nerv function or cause brain induced visual impairment.
This may give altered visual acuity, defect visual fields or more subtle disturbances as:
- impaired form or face recognition,
- orientation problems, or
- problems to interpret pictures and/or other similar difficulties.
The visual problems may be very obvious or may be very subtle and difficult to discover.
Our aim
Our aim is to develop methods to investigate visual functions in children using different old and new developed methods to be able to describe and map the childs visual problem(s).
An understanding of the problem(s) will improve the childs learning, school work, communication and everyday life.
Group members
Principal Investigators:
Marita Andersson Grönlund: Associate Prof./Lecturer, Ophthalmologist, Chief Physician
Anders Sjöström: Associate Prof., Chief Physician
Researchers:
Susann Andersson, PhD, Chief Physician
Gunnar Braathen, PhD. Chief Physician, Habilitation Doctor, Pediatrician, Pediatric Neurologist
Gunilla Magnusson, Associate Prof., Ophthalmologist
Bertil Sterner, PhD, Chief Optician
Eva Aring, PhD, Chief Orthoptist
Research engineer:
Sören Lundberg
Other co-workers:
Nuria Fluriach Dominguez, Specialist Doctor
Christina Westerberg, Special Educator
