ReviewClinical & experimental optometry2016
Driving with homonymous visual field loss: a review of the literature.
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33 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Vision-related quality of life after unilateral occipital stroke.Brain and behavior · 2024Pooled it
- Reinforcement-Based Head Scan Training for Drivers With Homonymous Visual Field Loss: Improves Blind-Side Detection.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2026Trial
- Use and preferences of advanced driver assistance systems by drivers with homonymous visual field loss.Disability and rehabilitation. Assistive technology · 2026Article
- Head Scanning by Drivers With Left Homonymous Visual Field Loss: A Naturalistic Driving Pilot Study.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 2026Article
- Naturalistic driving data extraction and processing for studying driver head scanning behavior at intersections.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The effect of unilateral cortical blindness on lane position and gaze behavior in a virtual reality steering task.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Are directional or non-directional hazard warnings more helpful for drivers with homonymous visual field loss?Applied ergonomics · 2025Article
- Driving Performance Under Peripheral Defocus Induced by Ophthalmic Lenses for Myopia Control.Translational vision science & technology · 2025Article
- Brain tumors and fitness to drive: A review and multi-disciplinary approach.Neuro-oncology practice · 2025Review
- Interpretation of the Visual Field in Neuro-ophthalmic Disorders.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2024Review
- Knowing me, knowing you-A study on top-down requirements for compensatory scanning in drivers with homonymous visual field loss.PloS one · 2024Article
- The effect of visual rivalry in peripheral head-mounted displays on mobility.Scientific reports · 2023Article
- Perceptual-Cognitive Integration for Goal-Directed Action in Naturalistic Environments.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2023Review
- Oblique multi-periscopic prism for field expansion of homonymous hemianopia.Biomedical optics express · 2023Article
- Driving and exceptional cases: Supporting relicensing evaluation in patients whose visual fields fail to meet standards.Ophthalmic & physiological optics : the journal of the British College of Ophthalmic Opticians (Optometrists) · 2022Article
- Mild-to-Moderate Traumatic Brain Injury: A Review with Focus on the Visual System.Neurology international · 2022Review
- Change blindness in simulated driving in individuals with homonymous visual field loss.Cognitive research: principles and implications · 2022Article
- Comparison of vision-related quality of life in patients with homonymous hemianopia and monocular blindness.Scientific reports · 2022Article
- Visual disorders and driving ability in persons with dementia: A mini review.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Review
- Driving With Hemianopia X: Effects of Cross Traffic on Gaze Behaviors and Pedestrian Responses at Intersections.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2022Article
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Abstract
Driving is an important rehabilitation goal for patients with homonymous field defects (HFDs); however, whether or not people with HFDs should be permitted to drive is not clear. Over the last 15 years, there has been a marked increase in the number of studies evaluating the effects of HFDs on driving performance. This review of the literature provides a much-needed summary for practitioners and researchers, addressing the following topics: regulations pertaining to driving with HFDs, self-reported driving difficulties, pass rates in on-road tests, the effects of HFDs on lane position and steering stability, the effects of HFDs on scanning and detection of potential hazards, screening for potential fitness to drive, evaluating practical fitness to drive and the efficacy of interventions to improve driving of persons with HFDs. Although there is clear evidence from on-road studies that some people with HFDs may be rated as safe to drive, others are reported to have significant deficits in skills important for safe driving, including taking a lane position too close to one side of the travel lane, unstable steering and inadequate viewing (scanning) behaviour. Driving simulator studies have provided strong evidence of a wide range in compensatory scanning abilities and detection performance, despite similar amounts of visual field loss. Conventional measurements of visual field extent (in which eye movements are not permitted) do not measure such compensatory abilities and are not predictive of on-road driving performance. Thus, there is a need to develop better tests to screen people with HFDs for visual fitness to drive. We are not yet at a point where we can predict which HFD patient is likely to be a safe driver. Therefore, it seems only fair to provide an opportunity for individualised assessments of practical fitness to drive either on the road and/or in a driving simulator.
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