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Visual impairment

Visual or vision impairment (VI or VIP) is the partial or total inability of visual perception. In the absence of treatment such as corrective eyewear, assistive devices, and medical treatment, visual impairment may cause the individual difficulties with normal daily tasks, including reading and walking. The terms low vision and blindness are often used…

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Causes
Uncorrected refractive errors, cataracts, glaucoma
Complications
Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder, falls in older adults
Diagnostic method
Eye examination
Frequency
940 million / 13% (2015)
Other names
Vision impairment, vision loss
Specialty
Ophthalmology, Optometry

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Visual impairment

Nodes233
Edges232
Triples143
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.008584
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Visual impairment

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related to Other · 23
Visual impairment → A1C, Amblyopia, Avastin, Consequently, Corneal, Degenerative, Despite, Diabetic, If, In, NPDR, PDR, Premature, Retinitis, Retinopathy, ROP, RP, That, The, There
related to Mobility · 17
Visual impairment → Age-related, Becoming, However, ID, It, Many, NHANES, Nutrition Examination Survey, Older, Orientation, Physical, Some, Still, The, The US National Health, These, Tools
related to Computers and mobile technology · 15
Visual impairment → Access, Accessibility Wizard, Adriane Knopper, Adriane Knoppix, Android, CDs, Google TalkBack, Later, Linux, Magnifier, Microsoft Narrator, Microsoft Windows, The, Vinux, VoiceOver
related to Cause · 9
Visual impairment → Age-related, Cataract, Childhood, Corneal, Diabetic, Glaucoma, Refractive, The, Undetermined
related to Classification · 6
Visual impairment → Distance, ICD-11, In, The, This, WHO
see also · 6
Visual impairment → AccessibilityAccessible Books ConsortiumAcoustic, Blind Union, Goze, Japan, The, Vision
related to General functioning · 4
Visual impairment → Best-corrected, Someone, Thus, Visual
related to Social and psychological · 4
Visual impairment → Among, Older, Studies, The
related to United States · 4
Visual impairment → In, The, They, United States
Causes · 1
Visual impairment → Uncorrected refractive errors, cataracts, glaucoma

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blind vision visual blindness people impairment low cataracts glaucoma also may acuity loss cause impaired used eye causes one citation

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Visual impairmentCausesUncorrected refractive errors, cataracts, glaucoma1.00infobox
Visual impairmentComplicationsNon-24-hour sleep–wake disorder, falls in older adults1.00infobox
Visual impairmentDiagnostic methodEye examination1.00infobox
Visual impairmentFrequency940 million / 13% (2015)1.00infobox
Visual impairmentOther namesVision impairment, vision loss1.00infobox
Visual impairmentSpecialtyOphthalmology, Optometry1.00infobox
Visual impairmentSymptomsDecreased ability to see1.00infobox
Visual impairmentTreatmentVision rehabilitation, changes in the environment, assistive devices (eyeglasses, white cane)1.00infobox
corrective eyewearinstance ofIn the absence of treatment0.80text
assistive devicesinstance ofIn the absence of treatment0.80text
and medical treatmentinstance ofIn the absence of treatment0.80text
visual impairment may cause the individual difficulties with normal daily tasksinstance ofIn the absence of treatment0.80text

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