Visual Impairment and Blindness

Blindness and vision impairment affect at least 2.2 billion people worldwide with most individuals having a preventable vision impairment. The majority of people with vision impairment are older than 50 years, however, vision loss can affect people of all ages. Reduced eyesight can have major and lo...

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description Blindness and vision impairment affect at least 2.2 billion people worldwide with most individuals having a preventable vision impairment. The majority of people with vision impairment are older than 50 years, however, vision loss can affect people of all ages. Reduced eyesight can have major and long-lasting effects on all aspects of life, including daily personal activities, interacting with the community, school and work opportunities, and the ability to access public services. This book provides an overview of the effects of blindness and visual impairment in the context of the most common causes of blindness in older adults as well as children, including retinal disorders, cataracts, glaucoma, and macular or corneal degeneration.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-676512024-03-31T22:44:37Z Visual Impairment and Blindness Lo Giudice, Giuseppe Catalá, Angel Ophthalmology thema EDItEUR::M Medicine and Nursing::MJ Clinical and internal medicine::MJQ Ophthalmology Blindness and vision impairment affect at least 2.2 billion people worldwide with most individuals having a preventable vision impairment. The majority of people with vision impairment are older than 50 years, however, vision loss can affect people of all ages. Reduced eyesight can have major and long-lasting effects on all aspects of life, including daily personal activities, interacting with the community, school and work opportunities, and the ability to access public services. This book provides an overview of the effects of blindness and visual impairment in the context of the most common causes of blindness in older adults as well as children, including retinal disorders, cataracts, glaucoma, and macular or corneal degeneration. 2021-04-20T16:21:14Z 2021-04-20T16:21:14Z 2020 book ONIX_20210420_9781838802585_3011 9781838802585 9781838802578 9781839629532 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/67651 eng image/jpeg n/a https://www.intechopen.com/books https://mts.intechopen.com/storage/books/7176/authors_book/authors_book.pdf IntechOpen IntechOpen 10.5772/intechopen.73976 10.5772/intechopen.73976 78a36484-2c0c-47cb-ad67-2b9f5cd4a8f6 9781838802585 9781838802578 9781839629532 IntechOpen 396 open access
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Visual Impairment and Blindness
title Visual Impairment and Blindness
title_full Visual Impairment and Blindness
title_fullStr Visual Impairment and Blindness
title_full_unstemmed Visual Impairment and Blindness
title_short Visual Impairment and Blindness
title_sort visual impairment and blindness
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