Compensatory reading training for people with homonymous visual field defects

niversity of Groningen0 个研究点目标入组 24 人开始时间: 2022年9月15日最近更新: 2024年4月15日

适应症

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•1. Homonymous visual field defect (at least a quadrantanopia, either right-sided or left-sided) due to acquired post-chiasmatic brain injury
•2. At least 3 months between onset homonymous visual field defect (HVFD) and the first measurement
•3. Near visual acuity =0.5 with patient’s own current correction
•4. Mini-mental state examination (MMSE) score =24
•5. Age =18 years
•6. Presence of by participant formulated treatment goal regarding reading
•Updated 03/04/2024:
•An amendment was approved on 21/03/2023 where inclusion criterium 6 was dropped for participants who wanted to participate in the control group.

•A subject who meets any of the following criteria will be excluded from participation in this study:
•1. Additional visual field defect (at least cluster) in ipsilesional visual hemi-field
•2. Pre-existing dyslexia/illiteracy/low literacy/other pre-morbid reading problems
•3. No clear neurological cause of HVFD
•4. Presence of comorbid neglect
•The following criteria are made on the premise that, when present, they will impair the ability to successfully follow the intervention:
•5. Communication difficulties (e.g. severe hearing impairment, no fluent understanding of the Dutch language, severe aphasia as indicated by the Token test)
•6. Negative advice of treatment team regarding reading intervention participation, due to e.g. severe psychiatric, cognitive or visual perception disorders, problems with health, motivation or illness awareness or misuse of drugs/alcohol/medication
•7. Additional visual disturbances (e.g. diplopia, metamorphopsia, low contrast sensitivity)

发起方

niversity of Groningen