Visual impairments in people with severe and profound multiple disabilities : an inventory of visual functioning
By: van den Brook, E. G. C. et al.
Series: Journal of Intellectual Disability Research 50 (6) 2006: 470-475.Publisher: 2006Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume Subject(s): VISUAL DISABILITY
| MEASUREMENT SCALES | PROFOUND INTELLECTUAL AND MULTIPLE DISABILITIES (PIMD)Summary: Notes that the prevalence of visual impairments in people with severe and profound multiple disabilities (SPMD) is the subject of considerable debate and is difficult to assess. Selected 76 individuals with SPMD from a typical Dutch care organization. Used specific instruments adapted to these clients to measure visual acuity, the visual field, binocular vision, contrast sensitivity, refractive errors and visual functioning behaviour. Found an unexpected 92% of individuals with SPMD to have visual impairments.
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Notes that the prevalence of visual impairments in people with severe and profound multiple disabilities (SPMD) is the subject of considerable debate and is difficult to assess. Selected 76 individuals with SPMD from a typical Dutch care organization. Used specific instruments adapted to these clients to measure visual acuity, the visual field, binocular vision, contrast sensitivity, refractive errors and visual functioning behaviour. Found an unexpected 92% of individuals with SPMD to have visual impairments.
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