Accommodative Dysfunction: an eye focusing problem resulting in an inability to look from near to far quickly without any blur (American Optometric Association, n.d.). Link
Accommodation Insufficiency: a non-strabismic binocular vision anomaly that is characterized by an inability to focus or sustain focus for near vision (National Institutes of Health, 2020). Link
Aphasia: a disorder that affects how you communicate. It can impact your speech, as well as the way you write and understand both spoken and written language (Mayo Clinic, n.d.). Link
Astigmatism: an imperfection in the curvature of your eye's cornea or lens (American Academy of Ophthalmology, n.d.). Link
Convergence Insufficiency: a vision disorder in which your eyes can't point inward together when looking at close-up objects (Cleveland Clinic, n.d.). Link
Diplopia: the medical term for double vision or seeing double. Diplopia is defined as seeing two images of a single object when you're looking at it (Cleveland Clinic, n.d.). Link
Dysarthria: a motor speech disorder that makes it difficult to form and pronounce words (Cleveland Clinic, n.d.). Link
Esotropia: medical term for the condition where one or both of your eyes turn inward. Esotropia is a form of strabismus (eye misalignment) (Cleveland Clinic, n.d.). Link
Exotropia: a form of strabismus, a misalignment of the eyes. If you have exotropia, one or both of your eyes turn outward (toward your ears) (Cleveland Clinic, n.d.). Link
Hemispatial inattention: Neurological deficit affecting attention with a bias towards one side of space. This usually manifests in extra-personal space but can also affect the patient's body parts or intra-personal space (Singh & Leff, 2023) — Link.
Hemispatial neglect: Frequent neurological disorder, involving a failure to perceive and respond to stimuli located on the side of space opposite to a focal brain lesion, not attributable to either sensory or motor deficits (ScienceDirect, n.d.). Link
Homonymous Hemianopia (HH): Vision loss on the same side — left or right — in both eyes (Velez & Choi, 2020). Link
Hypermetria: the inability to perform accurate, smooth movements by overshooting your movements when they’re directed at a target (Cleveland Clinic, n.d.). Link
Hypometria: the inability to perform accurate, smooth movements by undershooting your movements when they’re directed at a target (Cleveland Clinic, n.d.). Link
Nystagmus: rapid, uncontrollable eye movements in one or both eyes (Cleveland Clinic, n.d.). Link
Oculomotor Dysfunction: is a common vision problem that occurs when there is a developmental delay, trauma to the brain, or disease that affects the central nervous system and interferes with the brain’s ability to coordinate the eyes to move with accuracy and control (Oculomotor Vision Therapy, n.d.). Link
Phoria: a misalignment of the eyes that only appears when binocular viewing is broken and the two eyes are no longer looking at the same object (Verywell Health, n.d.). Link
Saccades: a quick movement of the eye that results in it looking in a different direction (Cambridge Dictionary, n.d.). Link
Smooth Pursuits: enable the eyes to effortlessly track and follow moving objects within the visual field (Interacoustics, n.d.). Link
Strabismus: a condition in which one eye is turned in a direction that's different from the other eye (Cleveland Clinic, n.d.). Link
Tinnitus: the perception of sound that does not have an external source, so other people cannot hear it. Tinnitus is commonly described as a ringing sound, but some people hear other types of sounds, such as roaring or buzzing (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, n.d.). Link
Visual Acuity: clarity or sharpness of vision (American Optometric Association, n.d.). Link
Visual Processing: describes the way the brain processes visual information – this includes all information from a child’s reading, computer, sports, facial cues and social interactions (Optometrists.org, n.d.). Link
Visual tracking: Efficiently focusing on an object as it moves across a person's visual field (Tools to Grow OT, n.d.). Link
Visual Spatial Orientation: the ability to comprehend and conceptualize visual representations and spatial relationships in learning and in the performance of tasks such as reading maps, navigating mazes, conceptualizing objects in space from different perspectives, and executing various geometric operations (American Psychological Association, n.d.). Link
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