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Role of Special Education Specialists in Training Impaired Learners
Swarnalakshmi.M.R, M.Optom Assistant Professor, Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women, Coimbatore, India Pupils with visual impairments, such as those who are blind or have low vision, need specialised educational programming...
Breaking Through the Barriers in Availing the Low Vision Care Services
Vishal Biswas, M. Optom Assistant Professor, Department of Optometry, School of Allied Health Sciences, Noida International University, India Visual impairment (VI) refers to significant loss of function in the visual system. (1) Nearly 2.2 billion individuals...
Red Light Therapy in Myopia
Tilottama Basnet, B. Optom Student, Acharya Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Bengaluru, India Myopia, also known as short-sightedness or near-sightedness is a prevalent disorder that mostly affects children.(1) The trend of myopia and high myopia prevalence...
Dragged Fovea Diplopia Syndrome
Ms Tsering Lamu Shongmu, Ph.D. Scholar Assistant Professor, Sushant University, Gurugram, India Introduction: Dragged Fovea Diplopia Syndrome is a distinct form of central binocular diplopia resulting from the displacement of the fovea in one or both eyes cause...
Interventions to Prevent and Control Myopia in Children; Association with Parental Myopia
Rohit Sachdeva, B. Optom Intern Optometrist, CL Gupta Eye Institute, Moradabad, India Short-sightedness or near-sightedness, often known as myopia, is a highly common disorder that normally develops in early childhood. The chance of developing additional ocular...
Are Sleep Apnea and Eyes The Enemy?
Ompriya Jayasankar, B.Sc. Ophthalmic Dispensing and Vision Science M. Optometry Student, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research, Chennai, India. Sleep Apnea (SA) is the most common sleep disorder characterised by repetitive episodes of...
It is Brain; Not the Eye by Which We Can See!
Shoubhik Chakraborty, B. Optom M. Optometry Student, NSHM Kolkata, Paediatric Optometrist, Kalinga Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhuwaneswar, India The human brain is an incredibly complex and sophisticated organ that plays a central role in the process of...
How early is early intervention?
Indira Rengarajan, M.Optom, FLVC Occupational Optometrist, Occupational Optometry Services, Sankara Nethralaya, Chennai, India Introduction: Over the years, the survival rates of children with Neurodevelopmental Delay (NDD) and other perinatal adverse events...
Windows to the Soul and Beyond: How Eye Health Impacts Mental Well-being
Mainak Motilal, B.Optom Student 4th Year Student, Vidyasagar College Of Optometry and Vision Science, Kolkata; Intern Optometrist, MGM Eye Institute, Raipur [Cg], India "Gaze beyond the horizon, nurture your soul's delight, Where eyes and mind converge,...
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