Providing Access to the Visual Environment
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Purpose
Providing Access to the Visual Environment is a pediatric low vision grant which has the ability to provide comprehensive, interdisciplinary low vision rehabilitation services to every child in Tennessee with a vision impairment. Children, ages 3-21, with best-corrected vision of 20/50 or worse in the better seeing eye are prescribed optical devices to improve their visual functioning and trained to use the devices.
| Condition |
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Vision Impairment |
| Study Type: | Observational |
| Study Design: | Observational Model: Case-Only Time Perspective: Prospective |
| Official Title: | Providing Access to the Visual Environment |
| Estimated Enrollment: | 795 |
| Study Start Date: | July 2001 |
| Estimated Study Completion Date: | December 2010 |
Subjects are enrolled each school year based on referrals from school systems in Tennessee, ophthalmologists, and optometrists. A total of 90 new students are enrolled each year. Students are provided a comprehensive low vision rehabilitation evaluation by a low vision optometrist and prescribed optical devices to improve distance appreciation, near reading, and other tasks based on individual needs. Students are then trained to use the devices efficiently by master's level teachers of the visually impaired. The teachers travel to the students environment (school/home/work) for the training.
Variables such as ocular disease, age, visual acuity, visual improvement with optical devices, type of optical device, and reading speed are defined for each student. Providing Access to the Visual Environment also provides...
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 3 Years to 21 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
| Sampling Method: | Non-Probability Sample |
Children age 3 to 21 years of age, enrolled in a TN school, with visual impairment
Inclusion Criteria:
Children age 3 to 21 years of age Enrollment in a school in Tennessee (private or public)
- Children that are eligible for services due to visual impairment Low vision
Exclusion Criteria:
- Children who do not have the potential to become readers or use their vision for reading
Contacts and Locations| Contact: Jeffrey Sonsino, O.D. | 615-936-2020 | jeffrey.sonsino@vanderbilt.edu |
| Contact: Sandy A Owings, COA, CCRP | 615-936-3465 | sandy.owings@vanderbilt.edu |
| United States, Tennessee | |
| Vanderbilt Eye Institute | Recruiting |
| Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232-8808 | |
| Contact: Sandy A Owings, COA, CCRP 615-936-3465 sandy.owings@vanderbilt.edu | |
| Contact: Jeffrey Sonsino, O.D. 615-936-2020 jeffrey.sonsino@vanderbilt.edu | |
| Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Sonsino, O.D | |
| Principal Investigator: | Sonsino Jeffrey, O.D. | Vanderbilt Eye Institute |
More Information
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| Responsible Party: | Jeffrey Sonsino, OD,PI, Vanderbit University Medical Center |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00341744 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | 7633 |
| Study First Received: | June 20, 2006 |
| Last Updated: | July 12, 2010 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Food and Drug Administration |
Keywords provided by Vanderbilt University:
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Vision Aids |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Vision, Low Vision Disorders Sensation Disorders Neurologic Manifestations |
Nervous System Diseases Eye Diseases Signs and Symptoms |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 23, 2013