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Welcome to the Blindness and Low Vision Support Group!
Wednesday, May 21st, 2025 – 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Come join us and meet Dr. Donald Fletcher, a clinician, and Annemarie Rossi, an occupational therapist with extensive experience in...
Blind and Low Vision Support Group Resuming!
Wednesday, February 19th, 2025 – 3:30 PM to 4:30 PM
Host: Dr. Donald Fletcher Dr. Don Fletcher and Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute are excited to announce the restarting of...
CVIers Discussion Group for Parents and Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI)
Monday, August 12th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM
A CVI Conversation with Professor Gordon Dutton Professor Gordon N. Dutton, Pediatric Ophthalmologist, Emeritus Professor of Visual Science, Glasgow Caledonian...
Implications of age-related central visual field loss for spatial orientation and postural control
Wednesday, August 7th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Multisensory integration is essential for postural control and enabling safe navigation. The vestibular system plays a crucial role in...
Advanced Psychophysical Methods for Comprehensive Visual Function Assessment
Thursday, July 25th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Assessing visual function is a fundamental aspect of eye research. However, existing tests often face limitations due to their design...
Multisensory Information access and AI: Advancing opportunities for the Visually Impaired
Friday, July 19th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Lack of timely access to information is a significant problem for the nearly 24 million blind or visually impaired (BVI)...
Deep neural networks as scientific models of vision
Thursday, June 13th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Artificial deep neural networks (DNNs) are used in many different ways to address scientific questions about how biological vision works....
CVIers Discussion Group for Parents and Children with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI)
Monday, June 3rd, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:30 PM
The CVIers & Parents Discussion Group will hold its next meeting on Monday, June 3rd from 12:00 p.m to 1.30 p.m....
The Role of virtual reality and augmented reality technologies in low vision rehabilitation
Wednesday, May 29th, 2024 – 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Visual impairment refers to a condition where a person’s eyesight cannot be improved with medical treatment. Such individuals face difficulties...
Temporal instabilities in the human eye’s auto-focus mechanism: characteristics, source and impact on vision
Tuesday, April 30th, 2024 – 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Our eyes are never at rest. Between the microsaccadic eye movements and microfluctuations of the eye’s autofocus mechanism (ocular accommodation),...