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Downloading And Installing VRT

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The first step is often the hardest, but the following post has been crafted to make downloading and installing VRT simple and easy to understand. Follow the steps detailed below to ensure a smooth, hassle free start to your therapy sessions. To begin, login to the portal using your provided username and password. After login, you will be taken...
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Setting Up Your Environment and Workplace for VRT

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The success of NovaVision’s Vision Restoration Therapy relies on more than the technology and the research supporting it, it relies on the patients’ use of the program and tools provided. Setting yourself up in a comfortable workspace and calibrating the tools when necessary is essential to the success of the program. How do you create the perfect...
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What Are The Technical Requirements For VRT?

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Getting set up to start your Vision Restoration Therapy (“VRT”) does not have to be hard. But to get the best possible results from your therapy program, proper preparation and calibration is necessary. This blog post will guide you through the process of setting up, downloading and getting started with our VRT in detail so...
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Does Your Practice Meet the Visual Impairment Needs of Recent Stroke Victims?

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Stroke victims often struggle with cognitive and communication challenges, which may include limited mobility and difficulty reading, and that can affect the people around them as well. For example, these side effects make it difficult for patients to accurately communicate their visual challenges to the medical professionals charged with their rehabilitation. These symptoms often make...
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What You Need to Know About Hemianopia

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Hemianopia, also called hemianopsia, is a common type of vision loss after stroke or brain injury, and is defined as diminished vision or full vision loss in the left or right half of the visual field of one or both eyes. Types Of Hemianopia There are numerous types of hemianopia, each named depending on the...
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Eye Movement And Visual Field Deficits

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Visual field loss is a common sign of stroke and brain injury with about 30% of patients suffering vision disorders. The question is, why do hemianopia and quadrantanopia involve such distinctive patterns of vision loss? The answer lies in the brain. When a stroke or brain injury patient experiences homonymous visual field loss (i.e. visual field loss...
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