What is Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI)? CVI refers to a brain condition, not an eye condition and results from damage to the visual systems in the brain that deal with processing and integrating ...

Compared to the near total permanent vision loss associated with cortical blindness in adults, which is often due to strokes, children with CVI usually retain some functional vision that may improve ...

Experts convened by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have identified five elements of a brain-based condition that has emerged as a leading cause of vision impairment starting in childhood in ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. BOSTON (WWLP) – Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) is the most common cause of childhood blindness, but it is often left ...

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A child reaches for a toy, hesitates, then turns away — not because their eyes cannot see it, but because their brain cannot make sense of what they are seeing. Cortical or Cerebral Visual Impairment ...

Unlike other vision impairments, CVI stems from an injury to the visual centers of the brain that affects how it communicates with the eyes. People with CVI usually have healthy eyes but have trouble ...

BOSTON (WWLP) – Cerebral/Cortical Visual Impairment (CVI) is the most common cause of childhood blindness, but it is often left undiagnosed. A State House awareness day set the groundwork for changing ...