
Colenbrander lab
To explore vision-related functioning as it relates to Vision Rehabilitation.
This involves the development of
= insights into vision-related functioning and complex vision-related behaviors,
as well as
= the development of clinically useful assessment tools, both low-tech and high-tech.
Tabs
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Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center
View CenterThe Center's research goal is to develop and apply new scientific knowledge and practical, cost-effective devices to better understand and address the real-world problems of blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind consumers
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Classification and Coding Projects
One of Dr Colenbrander's persistent interests has been in classification and coding. In the 1960’s he participated in the development
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Functional Assessment - Book Chapters
Categorization of visual functioning requires appropriate measurement methods. Dr.
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Functional Assessment - Contrast Sensitivity
For eye doctors measuring contrast sensitivity loss during routine eye exams is not a priority, since contrast losses are n
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Functional Assessment - Guidelines and Reports
Combining his interests in classification and in vision rehabilitation, Dr. Colenbrander has promoted a better understanding of the various aspects of vision loss, their causes, and above all their consequences for the person.
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Functional Assessment - Reading
Difficulty reading is the most common complaint of low vision patients. It is the Activity of Daily Living that is most closely
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Functional Assessment - Visual Acuity
Visual acuity is a mainstay for the assessment of “How the EYE functions”. Traditional, non-logarithmic, visual acuity charts, however, are inaccurate for visual acuities worse than 20/100.
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Functional Assessment - Visual Fields
Most patients are unaware of their visual field defects and scotomata, be it from AMD, from glaucoma, from RP, or from other causes.
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My Vision on Vision
These short chapters summarize insights that I have gained from more than four decades working in vision rehabilitation.
- Don Fletcher - Scientist (Affiliate / Clinical)
- Huiying Shen - Staff
- Manfred MacKeben - MacKeben Lab Director