ACVREP CLVT case studies
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The Certified Low Vision Therapist (CLVT®) credential is issued by the Academy for Certification of Vision Rehabilitation & Education Professionals (ACVREP), an independent, not-for-profit certification body established on November 6, 1999. ACVREP describes the CLVT as a professional who uses functional vision evaluation instruments to assess visual acuity, visual fields, contrast sensitivity function, color vision, stereopsis, visual perceptual and visual motor functioning, and literacy skills in reading and writing as they relate to vision impairment and disability. The ACVREP CLVT case studies are 5 cases and about 3,880 words.
1Telescope Training When Acuity Is Good but the Field Is Not
Alvarez is a 71-year-old retired accountant with dry AMD, referred after a low vision exam. Best-corrected acuity is 20/60 OD and 20/50 OS; with a 4x monocular hand-held telescope, distance acuity improves to 20/20 OD.
788 words, about 4 min2Near Add vs. Magnifier for a Working Adult with Diabetic Field Loss
Okafor is a 44-year-old paralegal with proliferative diabetic retinopathy and prior panretinal photocoagulation. Best-corrected acuity is 20/40 OD and 20/80 OS.
798 words, about 4 min3When Acuity Looks Fine but Reading Fails: Perceptual and Literacy Evaluation
Chen is a 58-year-old who had a left middle cerebral artery stroke 8 months ago. Ophthalmologic exam shows best-corrected acuity of 20/25 OD and 20/30 OS with normal-appearing maculae, and confrontation fields suggest a right homonymous hemianopia .
786 words, about 4 min4Prescribing for a Child: Acuity, Stereopsis, and the Classroom
Ari is a 9-year-old in fourth grade with a diagnosis of oculocutaneous albinism . Best-corrected acuity is 20/100 OD and 20/125 OS; he wears glasses and has nystagmus and photophobia.
742 words, about 4 min5Contrast, Glare, and Color: Prescribing for a Driver with Early Cataract and Color Complaint
Whitfield is a 63-year-old long-haul truck driver with early nuclear sclerotic cataracts. Best-corrected acuity is 20/30 OU in the clinic.
766 words, about 4 min