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We All Have It – The “Blind Spot”

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Blind areas in the eye can be the result of an eye disease, vision disorders or a visual field loss – the “blind spot” however is an absolutely normal phenomenon found in every human being.   The picture below shows the visual impression of a healthy left eye – why is there a black circle...
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What Is Quadrantanopia?

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In the context of neurological visual field loss we very often hear about hemianopia, the loss of the right or left half of the visual field in both eyes. However, some patients with neurological visual field loss find the term “quadrantanopia” in their medical records. If “hemianopia” means that you cannot see in half of...
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The Eyes – Our Window To The World

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We get most of the input from our surroundings through our eyes; they convey more input than any of our other senses. Every second the eyes absorb 10 million pieces of information and pass it on to the brain. Our vision adapts to different light conditions at cyber speed, refocuses within fractions of a second...
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Patient Spotlight- Wilfried H.

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Once in a while we like to share our patient’s real life stories like Carole’s or Annette’s, today we would like to share a patient testimonial we received from our office in Germany. Wilfried’s testimonial resonates with other patients that have told us of their skepticism before commencing NeuroEyeCoach or VRT, we hope that his story will encourage you to evaluate these...
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How To Determine If Your Patients Are Good Candidates For VRT

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NovaVision's Vision Restoration Therapy (VRT) is designed to improve visual functions in patients with neurological visual field loss. The most common cause of neurological visual field loss is an ischemic stroke, in particular a stroke affecting the posterior cerebral artery (PCA), or a brain hemorrhage (hemorrhagic stroke). However, even physicians are often not fully aware...
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