Low Vision and Blindness Rehabilitation

The NEI supports a broad range of basic and clinical research to:

• Investigate multisensory processes, cross-modal plasticity, and cortical reorganization in visually impaired individuals
• Increase our understanding of different types of visual impairment (e.g., limited vision use) in complex or applied settings
• Create and validate vision tests relevant for the tasks of daily living and rehabilitative goals
• Design mobile assistive devices and navigation resources to enhance wayfinding
• Develop new adaptive technologies to improve access to internet, print, graphic display, and educational resources
• Characterize the level of acceptable visual enhancement using aids and prosthetics
• Identify co-morbidities that interact with vision impairment and their influence on rehabilitation needs and outcomes
• Develop and test visual rehabilitation models and training paradigms