Sentences with phrase «visual field problem»

The term «optic neuritis» compromises all diseases of the optic nerve that cause deterioration and usually produce a sudden visual field problem or total loss of vision in one or both eyes.

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Regarding baseballs, the problem is that the fovea can focus on only a very small area — only about 2 degrees of the visual field (or an area smaller than your thumbnail held at arm's length)-- so as a pitched ball moves closer it can easily slip into your peripheral vision as it becomes larger.

This includes an increased risk of subnormal visual acuity, visual perceptual problems, strabismus, refractive errors (particularly high myopia) and reduced contrast sensitivity and visual fields.

A recent study found that some areas of visual field loss may be more associated with driving problems than others (specifically, the left - hand portion of the visual field).

Various studies have identified different problems associated with moderate peripheral visual field loss from glaucoma.

This is one of the most important problems in visual neuroscience as a field, to be able to take basic research in the laboratory and translate it into useful treatments for patients — and glaucoma, I really believe, is the place to do that.