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This leaflet provides information on the effect of visual defects on your ability to drive following a stroke or brain injury.
This leaflet provides information about different visual perception defects and offers advice about living with a visual perception defect.
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There are now a number of app and web-based activities available, which are designed for visual field loss therapy and visual neglect following stoke. We’ve put together a leaflet introducing some you may find helpful.
This document is the fourth edition of the BIOS position statement for vision services in stroke practice. It provides a brief overview of orthoptic practice for individuals who have had a stroke, their carers and health care practitioners. It also includes recommendations for the staffing input required from Orthoptists for acute stroke units. It has been updated using a combination of current research evidence from the medical literature and Cochrane systematic reviews, expert consensus from the Orthoptic Clinical Advisory Group (CAG) in Stroke and neuro-rehabilitation and models of best practice