The Neuro-Optometric Rehabilitation Association International is an interdisciplinary group of professionals dedicated to providing patients who have physical or cognitive disabilities as a result of an acquired brain injury with a complete ocular health evaluation and optimum visual rehabilitation education and services to improve their quality of life.
October 19, 2018
by DeAnn Fitzgerald, OD Nearly everyone with a concussion or other traumatic brain injury — 90% to 100% — will have associated vision or oculomotor…
October 5, 2018
by Shirley Ha, HBSc, OD, FCOVD In neuro-optometric rehabilitation we use a number of tools to address visual deficits that have occurred as a result of physical…
September 21, 2018
According to the National Center for Health Statistics, one in every 45 children is now diagnosed with autism, compared to about one in 500 20 years ago and one in…
September 7, 2018
A fundamental question for many in the neuro-optometric vision rehabilitation world is whether we should embrace nonoptometric professionals’ role in caring for…
August 24, 2018
The CDC estimates that more than 300,000 new cases of Lyme disease occur every year in the U.S. – and that number is likely understated. According to a…
August 3, 2018
by Shirley Ha, HBSc, OD, FCOVD
Here are five situations that are relatively common in clinical practice where a referral to or a consult with a neuro-optometric…
July 20, 2018
As optometrists, we all have the good fortune to be able to help patients optimize sight, their dominant sense. Typically, this is done through prescribing contact…