;
Lorem Ipsum Dolor Spring 2016
5
individual with CVI.
The authors of chapter 7 provide the reader with extremely valuable
information in the diagnosis of CVI as it related to behavior. They present the
reader with cautions in the process to avoid potential complications that have
been observed as misdiagnosis. Some behavioral responses in CVI can be
misinterpreted as being alternate non-visual disorders and vice versa. The
last portion of the chapter discusses the behavioral effects of CVI if left
untreated.
Part II
Chapter 8 discusses the common eye movement difficulties seen in
individuals with CVI. Involuntary or misappropriated eye movements cause
greater issues for those with CVI in that they can confound the areas of
difficulty for visual success. This chapter provides the reader with a basic
understanding of how eye movements can create challenges within the areas
of visual disruption for the individual with CVI.
In chapter 9, Saunders provides the reader with an overview of how
refractive errors affect vision in general and then relates those errors to the
added difficulty of CVI. The author provides an understanding of how vision is
38
