A University of Liverpool led review of the methods available to screen for post-stroke visual impairments has found there is an urgent demand for the development of a tool. Currently, over 65% of stroke survivors will suffer from a visual impairment while 45% of stroke units do not assess vision. Visual impairment significantly reduces the…
Vycor Medical, Inc. (“Vycor”) (OTCQB-VYCO) reports that a new peer-reviewed study published in “BioMed Research International” shows improvements in visual search following the use of NovaVision’s NeuroEyeCoach. The three-center study was conducted by the School of Psychology of University of Aberdeen, the Neuromotor and Cognitive Rehabilitation Research Center of University of Verona, and the Department…
By KATE PICKLES FOR MAILONLINE PUBLISHED: 01:37 EST, 28 September 2016 | UPDATED: 04:06 EST, 28 September 2016 A new treatment is helping people with stroke-induced blindness achieve major improvements in their vision. Loss of sight due to a brain injury, usually from stroke, affects around a third of stroke survivors. The damage caused by…
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