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ArticleNeuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press)2014

Perceptual Learning for Rehabilitation in Traumatic Optic Neuropathy.

Krishna Vaitheeswaran, Preetinder Kaur, Shalini Garg

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Article in Neuro-ophthalmology (Aeolus Press), 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Krishna VaitheeswaranSt Stephens Hospital Tis Hazari, Delhi India.
Preetinder KaurSt Stephens Hospital Tis Hazari, Delhi India.
Shalini GargSt Stephens Hospital Tis Hazari, Delhi India.
St. Stephen’s Hospital · IN

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Traumatic optic neuropathy is a cause of sudden irreversible visual loss due to optic nerve damage following trauma. Reports of improvement have been noted after observation alone, treatment with corticosteroids, and surgical decompression. However, final visual acuity may not be predictable, with individual patients having little improvement in visual function despite therapy. Perceptual learning improves visual functions by improving the neural processing so as to allow image perception at low signal-to-noise ratios. The case report describes the beneficial effect of perceptual learning in traumatic optic neuropathy, the first to describe the use of perceptual learning in an optic neuropathy. A larger case-controlled study of the effect of perceptual learning in optic neuropathies is required to substantiate the beneficial effect and elaborate the scale of improvement that may be possible with this form of therapy.

Indexed as

Contrast sensitivityGabor gratingsperceptual learningrehabilitationtraumatic optic neuropathyvisual acuity

Identifiers

PMID27928281
PMCPMC5123062
OpenAlexW2107998861

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