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Five Reasons to Consider Online Visual Field Screening

Jan 15, 2026 | Insights & Articles

Vision changes after stroke or brain injury sometimes develop gradually, making them easy to overlook during initial recovery when other symptoms demand immediate attention. Visual field deficits can affect daily activities, rehabilitation progress, and quality of life, yet comprehensive visual field testing has not traditionally been part of routine post-stroke care. Online visual field screening tools offer a way to check for potential changes between clinical appointments.

While online screening cannot replace professional evaluation, it serves a valuable role in monitoring vision health during recovery. Here are five practical reasons to consider online visual field screening.

1. Accessibility and Convenience

Visual screening tools such as NovaVision’s free Online Vision Test eliminate barriers that can delay or prevent testing. You complete the screening at home on your computer without scheduling appointments, arranging transportation, or taking time away from work or caregiving responsibilities. This accessibility matters particularly for patients in rural areas, those with mobility limitations, or individuals still managing the demands of stroke recovery.

Testing in a familiar environment can also reduce stress and help you focus better than you might in an unfamiliar clinical setting. You control the timing, choosing when you feel most alert and comfortable rather than working around clinic schedules.

2. Monitoring Changes Over Time

Vision can change during stroke recovery as healing progresses or new issues develop. Online screening allows you to check your visual field periodically and track patterns over weeks or months. While clinical testing provides more detailed diagnostic information, regular screening can help you notice trends that warrant professional evaluation.

This ongoing monitoring becomes especially valuable when you notice symptoms in daily life but wonder whether they reflect actual vision changes or simply attention and fatigue. Periodic screening provides data points that can help clarify whether your concerns merit a clinical appointment.

3. Supporting Conversations With Healthcare Providers

Screening results give you concrete information to discuss with your healthcare team. Rather than describing vague concerns about your vision, you can share screening results that show specific patterns, which will help your provider understand your experience and determine whether comprehensive testing would be appropriate.

These results also help you ask more informed questions about your vision health and potential rehabilitation options. You move from general worry about vision changes to a specific discussion of what those changes might mean and which steps make sense for your situation.

4. Early Awareness of Potential Issues

Some vision changes develop so gradually that you adapt without realizing your visual field has shifted. You might unconsciously turn your head more to compensate for peripheral vision loss, or you might attribute bumping into objects to general coordination challenges rather than vision deficits. Online screening can flag changes you’ve learned to work around.

Early awareness can help you address vision issues before they significantly impact your rehabilitation or daily  activities. You can discuss the findings with your healthcare provider and explore whether vision rehabilitation approaches might help. Even if treatment isn’t appropriate, understanding your visual field limitations enables you to develop better compensation strategies.

5. Low-Pressure Testing Environment

Clinical testing serves an important diagnostic purpose, but it can make one feel pressured or stressed, especially when you’re anxious about results. Online screening offers a lower-pressure way to check your vision without the anxiety that sometimes comes with medical appointments. You can take practice tests to familiarize yourself with the process, and you control when and how you review the results.

This relaxed approach can actually improve your performance by reducing test anxiety. You’re more likely to respond naturally to stimuli when you’re not worried about the implications of each answer. The results still provide useful information, but the process feels less formal and stressful.

Important Considerations

Using an online visual field screening tool, such as NovaVision’s Online Vision Test, can provide preliminary information but cannot replace a comprehensive professional evaluation. Screening tools lack the calibration, controlled conditions, and diagnostic precision of clinical testing, but they serve as useful monitoring tools between professional assessments.

If your screening suggests possible visual field changes, discuss the results with your healthcare provider. They can determine whether comprehensive testing is warranted and what next steps make sense. Conversely, normal screening results do not rule out vision problems, especially if you’re experiencing symptoms. Trust your experience and seek professional evaluation when concerns persist.

Moving Forward

Online visual field screening represents one tool among many for monitoring vision health after stroke or brain injury. Used appropriately as part of broader healthcare engagement, it can help you stay aware of vision changes and facilitate productive conversations with your medical team. Talk with your healthcare provider about whether periodic screening makes sense for your situation and how to interpret results in the context of your overall recovery.

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David, United Kingdom

“I am most happy with what NovaVision did for me, after suffering an Occipital Lobe Stroke in December 2017 that caused eyesight loss and also cognitive problems.

I was looking for answers , after ruling out Peli prism glasses I couldn’t get on with, my Wife found NovaVision on the internet.

Whilst I still have Homonymous hemianopia to my left side vision field in both eyes, NovaVision did help me learn how to use my remaining eye sight to the full, helping me gain my driving licence back too.

Without doubt having Homonymous hemianopia is such a terrible condition to live with on a daily basis.

I thought my life was over, but it wasn’t and Nova Vision was a key factor in helping me rebuild my life back to some normality.

I highly recommend this therapy and can’t believe the Health Service in the United Kingdom don’t use it.

Thank you for everything you did for me.”

Fiona, United Kingdom

“I am very impressed with NovaVision. There was little to help after my stroke when my peripheral vision was affected, either from the National Health Service here in the UK, or privately. NovaVision seemed comprehensive, evidence based, effective and professional so I thought I would try. You need perseverance as it is a commitment to do two sessions a day 6 days a week for 6 months but it is workable, flexible, and the team is incredibly supportive. My aim in doing this course was to drive again. When I went for a vision test for driving, the optician was very impressed with the health of my eyes, the improvement in my general vision and I passed 100%. Due to NovaVision, I have strengthened my eyes generally and my prescription has gone down! My eyes are stronger. I would not be independent, driving, and on my way back to work as a Community Specialist Nurse without NovaVision. I wonder what I can achieve at the end of 6 months. This is only my third month! Thank you to the team and the programme.”

Cristian B., Australia

“Having a stroke at a young age of 35 was initially a very challenging experience. I was diagnosed with quadrantanopia (quarter of my peripheral vision loss) and I was unable to drive or read properly and, worst of all, doctors were telling me to get used to this condition, as it is unlikely to make a full recovery.

I insisted I wanted to try to regain as much of my vision as possible and I was introduced to NovaVision. From the initial conversation with Sigrid, I knew that there is hope as the narrative was different than from my doctors – NovaVision’s goal was restoration, not compensation.

I am currently on an extension and completing month 8 of VRT and still seeing improvement, documented in monthly reports and tests, which also help with Income Protection insurance benefits. I was able to resume driving and my reading skills have improved significantly. I continued improving well beyond the initial 6 months and I am very grateful! Thank you NovaVison!”

Randy, PA, USA

“May 2019 I had a stroke affecting my occipital lobe and leaving me with a left peripheral vision deficient. The OT that came into my room gave me no hope that it would ever return. The first neurologist ophthalmologist also gave me the same diagnosis even though I had by that time had some vision return. The visual field test then showed I would lose my driver’s license. My wife wasn’t satisfied with that being all that could be done and found another doctor that said NovaVision could be an option since I was getting some vision return. It was also showing on my visual field test that vision was returning but still not enough to drive. I started the NovaVision VRT in October. Twice a day for 6 days a week. It was grueling and required schedule changes in my day but as the months passed my vision steadily improved. At six months I took the visual field test with my doctor and still was not able to pass because of the state’s guidelines for peripheral vision. My doctor and I decided that another 3 months of NovaVision would be beneficial. I still showed improvements and to give up seemed like a bad idea. August 2020 was my last visual field test with my doctor and I am happy to say that with the therapy NovaVision and my consistency with completing the therapy daily, I passed and will now keep my driver’s license, my job, and my independence. I am thankful to my doctor, NovaVision, and my wife for believing in me and supporting me during this 9 month journey. I think we figured out that over the past 9 months I clicked on over 216,000 stimulus all well worth it.

Thank you for your support and Kindness over these past 9 months.”

TK – Ohio, USA, 50 (19.6% Improvement)

“In March 2005, I had a major stroke on the right side of the brain, rendering the left side of my body weak and paralyzed. The stroke really impacted my vision. Reading became very difficult because I could not easily see where the line of text began on the left. I would misread price tags when shopping because I couldn’t see the numbers on the left. $29.95 would look like $9.95. I became startled when people would approach me from the left side because they seemed to suddenly jump out at me.

I learned about VRT from someone who suffered from a stroke and benefited greatly from NovaVision. The doctor who had recommended that therapy to that patient was tentative about the treatment. I settled into a routine of doing VRT twice a day, half an hour at a time. It was psychologically good for me to be working on something at home. It helped to get monthly results from NovaVision to check my progress. I also listened to music to make the time go by faster.

After VRT, my reading is much better and scanning a computer screen is much easier. I can ride a bicycle now with confidence and now I don’t have to concentrate as hard to see on the left. I still have to scan the environment a little, but I am more comfortable getting around. Because of VRT, I do not feel startled so often.

I am enthusiastic about my results from VRT. I know VRT is responsible for the improvements I’ve had in my vision.”

CM – Canada, 48 (18.1% Improvement)

“I had a surgery 6 years ago that caused my vision loss. After three months of doing VRT, I have seen big improvements in my vision. VRT has helped my vision in numerous ways; my reading ability improved, I can scan much better, read at ease, walk with confidence, turn corners much easier, and rarely do I run into anything. I give credit to VRT which has strengthened my vision and helped me drive again. I live a normal and active life now.”

LF – Missouri, 39 (33.1% Improvement)

“My vision began coming back after the first month of NovaVision VRT, which really surprised me. With each month of therapy, I kept getting better. Now, after several months of therapy, my general vision seems to be back to normal. I passed a driving test, and now I am able to drive safely and without difficulty. My grandchildren are allowed to ride with me again. I feel really lucky to have regained so much vision, particularly since I was told I had lost it for good. I feel so much better than I felt a year ago when I felt I was at my worst, and my vision is still improving. It is amazing how much VRT has helped me.

After VRT, I am more comfortable going places and I can read normally now and enjoy the newspaper. I have returned to my favorite hobby of rebuilding my three cars, including a 1940 Ford, and driving my boat at the lake. I feel like I’m back to normal.”

Annette – Michigan

“6 years ago I lost vision in my right eye. It was black optic nerve stroke. Doctors said I’d never see again out of that eye. But unwilling to give up I discovered NovaVision on the internet. And asked to be put in a trial case study. With the help of NovaVision I restored my eyesight in my right eye from pitch black to 20/15 in six months. I was amazed. Then suddenly this year June 14th 2015 I woke up with massive blurred vision in both eyes. Unknown cause, eye health normal, suspected optic nerve problem. Unable to work put on medical leave but after two months completed NeuroEyeCoach and one month of VRT therapy. I’m happy to say I can drive again and read street signs. And even information on products that small lettering. I am so thankful without NovaVision in my life. I’d been half blind. But amazingly enough I’m completely getting my vision back once again. Every day it’s clearer and I will be returning to work soon. Thank you to NovaVision. You have saved my eyesight twice in my life.”