The purpose of this research is to assess the efficacy of a visual training task on reducing the size of a visual field deficit caused by brain damage in adults, and its ability to improve visual functions in this patient population.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Enrollment
48
A computer software and chin-rest necessary to perform visual training will be loaned to each patient to use at home. They will perform one to two daily training sessions in their home, consisting of 200-300 trials each. The visual task performed repetitively will involve discriminating the direction of motion of a small cloud of dots located at a pre-determined location in the blind field. The computer program will automatically create a record of patient performance during each home training session. They will train daily (about 40-60 minutes total), 5 to 7 days per week, for at least 24 weeks.
A computer software and chin-rest necessary to perform visual training will be loaned to each patient to use at home. They will perform one to two daily training sessions in their home, consisting of 200-300 trials each. The visual task performed repetitively will involve discriminating the direction of motion of a small cloud of dots located at a pre-determined location in the intact field of vision. The computer program will automatically create a record of patient performance during each home training session. They will train daily (about 40-60 minutes total), 5 to 7 days per week, for at least 24 weeks.
Bascom Palmer Eye Institute, University of Miami Health Services
Miami, Florida, United States
Flaum Eye Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center
Rochester, New York, United States
Scheie Eye Institute
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
24-2 Humphrey PMD Change From Baseline to 6-month Post-training Timepoint
Change in the perimetric mean deviation (PMD) generated by standard Humphrey automated perimetry using a 24-2 testing pattern between baseline and post-training after a 6-month training interval.
Time frame: 6 months
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