Rehabilitation Glasses for the Treatment of Hemispatial Neglect
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Cognitive Studies |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Psychiatry / Psychology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 21 - 85 |
| Updated: | 5/13/2018 |
| Start Date: | March 2009 |
| End Date: | March 26, 2018 |
This project is designed to test a lightweight, portable, computerized pair of glasses that
will help reduce some of the cognitive deficits seen in patients who have suffered damage to
their right cerebral hemisphere.
will help reduce some of the cognitive deficits seen in patients who have suffered damage to
their right cerebral hemisphere.
Hemispatial neglect is the inability or failure to attend and respond to the left side of
space. Patients suffering right cerebral hemispheric damage from stroke or traumatic brain
injury frequently suffer neglect and will ignore all information located in the left side of
space. Currently there is no effective rehabilitation technique to treat neglect and many of
these patients have severe long-term disability. The goal of this project is to determine
whether a prototypical pair of rehabilitation glasses can reduce the symptoms of hemispatial
neglect.
space. Patients suffering right cerebral hemispheric damage from stroke or traumatic brain
injury frequently suffer neglect and will ignore all information located in the left side of
space. Currently there is no effective rehabilitation technique to treat neglect and many of
these patients have severe long-term disability. The goal of this project is to determine
whether a prototypical pair of rehabilitation glasses can reduce the symptoms of hemispatial
neglect.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Presence of hemispatial neglect as defined by Behavioral Inattention Test score of 129
or worse (maximum score 146).
Exclusion Criteria:
- Presence of aphasia at time of testing,
- Recent seizures
- Major psychiatric illness
- Prior unrelated neurological disease
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