Vision Health Research Network

Recent discoveries of the Visual Impairment and Rehabilitation axis

Usability of assistive listening devices by older adults with low vision. Wittich W, Southall K, Johnson A. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2015 May 6:1-8.

Stereotypes Associated With Age-related Conditions and Assistive Device Use in Canadian Media. Fraser SA, Kenyon V, Lagacé M, Wittich W, Southall KE. Gerontologist. 2015 Jul 28.

Screening for Sensory Impairment in Older Adults: Training and Practice of Occupational Therapists in Quebec. Wittich, W., Jarry, J., Barstow, E., & Thomas, A. Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy. 2015 (in press).

Usability of assistive listening devices by older adults with low vision Wittich W, Southall K, Johnson A. Disabil Rehabil Assist Technol. 2015 May 6:1-8

Critical success factors in awareness of and choice towards low vision rehabilitation. Fraser SA, Johnson AP, Wittich W, Overbury O. Ophthalmic Physiol Opt. 2015 Jan;35(1):81-9

Charles Bonnet Syndrome in Older Adults with Age-Related Macular Degeneration: Its Relationship to Depression and Mild Cognitive Impairment. Boxerman, H., Wittich, W., & Overbury, O. British Journal of Visual Impairment. 2015 Jan;33(1), 19-30.

An Adapted Adult Day Centre for Older Adults with Sensory Impairment. Wittich, W., Murphy, C., & Mulrooney, D. British Journal of Visual Impairment. 2014 Sept;32(3), 249-262.

Influence of eye position on the Schirmer tear test. Bitton E, Wittich W. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2014 Aug;37(4):257-61.

Visual difficulty and employment status in the world. Harrabi H, Aubin MJ, Zunzunegui MV, Haddad S, Freeman EE. PLoS One. 2014 Feb 7;9(2)

Age-related eye disease and cognitive function. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. Harrabi H, Kergoat MJ, Rousseau J, Boisjoly H, Schmaltz H, Moghadaszadeh S, Roy-Gagnon MH, Freeman EE. 2015 Feb 3; 56(2):1217-21.

Overbury O, Wittich W. Barriers to low vision rehabilitation: the Montreal barriers study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2011 Nov 21;52(12):8933-8.

Wittich W, Faubert J, Watanabe DH, Kapusta MA, Overbury O. Spatial judgments in patients with retinitis pigmentosa. Vision Res. 2011;51(1):165-73.

Psychological Adaptation to Visual Impairment: The Traditional Grief Process Revised. Bergeron, C & Wanet-Delfalque, M-C. British Journal of Visual Impairment. 2013, 31 (1) 20-31.

Evaluation of a recently implemented clinical eccentric viewing program. Duquette, J., Jean, D., Loiselle, J., & Wanet-Defalque, M.-C. Visibility. 2013, 7:(1), 9-12.