Low Vision: "Seeing" Our Patients' Full Potential in Occupational Therapy

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Brain Injury Visual Assessment Battery for Adults (BIVABA)- Uses the hierarchy of vision to assess the most basic visual skills to the higher level cognitive visual skills. It’s easy to use and comes with a DVD (possibly a USB now?) in which each visual test is demonstrated. Self-Report Assessment of Functional Visual Performance (SRAFVP)- Questionnaire and very easy to administer. Able to calculate g-codes from assessment Low Vision Independence Measure (Smith)

Helpful Additional Resources:

Low Vision Apps

Looktell money reader- tells you the denomination of paper money Dragon dictation- voice to text app, so you can speak into it and easily see your emails, texts, etc. Color ID - identifies color Zoom Reader- helps you magnify text Speak it! Text to Speech app BeMyEyes- a really cool app in which sighted users assist people with visual impairment

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