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ArticleTranslational vision science & technology2013

Considering Apical Scotomas, Confusion, and Diplopia When Prescribing Prisms for Homonymous Hemianopia.

Henry L Apfelbaum, Nicole C Ross, Alex R Bowers, Eli Peli

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Article in Translational vision science & technology, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 23 papers.

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23citing papers in PubMed
1.9field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

23 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. 2017 Charles F. Prentice Award Lecture: Peripheral Prisms for Visual Field Expansion: A Translational Journey.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2020
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  12. No Useful Field Expansion with Full-field Prisms.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2018
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  13. Field Expansion for Acquired Monocular Vision Using a Multiplexing Prism.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2018
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  17. Multiplexing Prisms for Field Expansion.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2017
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  19. High-Power Prismatic Devices for Oblique Peripheral Prisms.Optometry and vision science : official publication of the American Academy of Optometry · 2016
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  20. A Pilot Study of Perceptual-Motor Training for Peripheral Prisms.Translational vision science & technology · 2016
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Henry L ApfelbaumSchepens Eye Research Institute, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
Nicole C Ross
Alex R Bowers
Eli Peli
Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute · USHarvard University · USMassachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary · US

Funding

VISION RESEARCHP30EY003790 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI Patricia Ann D'Amore · 1985 to 2026
$25.5M
ENGINEERING APPROACHES TO LOW VISION REHABILITATIONR24EY012890 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI PELI, ELI · 2000 to 2005
$7.2M
ENGINEERING APPROACHES TO LOW VISION REHABILITATIONR01EY012890 · NEI · SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI PELI, ELI · 2006 to 2010
$7.0M
NEI NIH HHS P30 EY003790NEI NIH HHS R01 EY012890NEI NIH HHS R24 EY012890
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeWhile prisms are commonly prescribed for homonymous hemianopia to extend or expand the visual field, they cause potentially troubling visual side effects, including nonveridical location of perceived images, diplopia, and visual confusion. In addition, the field behind a prism at its apex is lost to an apical scotoma equal in magnitude to the amount of prism shift. The perceptual consequences of apical scotomas and the other effects of various designs were examined to consider parameters and designs that can mitigate the impact of these effects.

methodsVarious configurations of sector and peripheral prisms were analyzed, in various directions of gaze, and their visual effects were illustrated using simulated perimetry. A novel "percept" diagram was developed that yielded insights into the patient's view through the prisms. The predictions were verified perimetrically with patients.

resultsThe diagrams distinguish between potentially beneficial field expansion via visual confusion and the pericentrally disturbing and useless effect of diplopia, and their relationship to prism power and gaze direction. They also illustrate the nonexpanding substitution of field segments of some popular prism designs.

conclusionsYoked sector prisms have no effect at primary gaze or when gaze is directed toward the seeing hemifield, and they introduce pericentral field loss when gaze is shifted into them. When fitted unilaterally, sector prisms also have an effect only when the gaze is directed into the prism and may cause a pericentral scotoma and/or central diplopia. Peripheral prisms are effective at essentially all gaze angles. Since gaze is not directed into them, they avoid problematic pericentral effects. We derive useful recommendations for prism power and position parameters, including novel ways of fitting prisms asymmetrically. TRANSLATIONAL RELEVANCE: Clinicians will find these novel diagrams, diagramming techniques, and analyses valuable when prescribing prismatic aids for hemianopia and when designing new prism devices for patients with various types of field loss.

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hemianopialow visionperimetryprism treatmentrehabilitationstrokeTBItraumatic brain injuryvisual field loss

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PMID24049719
PMCPMC3763894
OpenAlexW1989694978

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