Post-brain injury vision care

One of our specialties here at Russell Eyecare & Associates is post-brain injury vision care. Vision dysfunctions are common amount those people with a brain injury. The vision system, the vascular and neural network of the brain, and the dynamics of head trauma all contribute to the high incidence of vision problems after a brain injury. Since activities of daily living involve effective integration of visual information processing and visual motor performance, the person with a brain injury is frequently handicapped as a consequence of disruption in the visual system.

A significant number of patients with a brain injury will present with signs and symptoms which indicate a vision problem. These include, but are not limited to, the following:

Symptoms & Signs

• Double vision

• Eye turn

• Blurred vision

• Closing or covering one eye

• Reduced ability to sustain attention on visual tasks

• Head tilts or turns

• Bumping into objects

• Dizziness

• Abnormal posture

• Headaches

• Balance and coordination problems

• Eye strain

• Poor judgement of depth

• Confusion related to visual tasks

• Reduced ability to accurately

• Difficulty reading localize objects

We will evaluate our patients with a variety of tactics including but not limited to the following:

• Comprehensive eye and vision examinations

• Extended sensorimotor evaluation

• Higher cerebral function assessment of visual information processing

• Low vision evaluation

• Extended visual field evaluation

• Electrodiagnostic testing

​​​​​​​We have training and clinical experience evaluating and treatment patients with a wide variety of vision problems related to a traumatic brain injury. We can put together a program to help effectively remedy symptoms related to a brain injury and help you to see clearly!