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2024-05-05 @ 4:55 PM
Last Modification Date:
2024-10-26 @ 9:25 AM
Study NCT ID:
NCT00341744
Status:
RECRUITING
Last Update Posted:
2024-06-26
First Post:
2006-06-20
Brief Title:
Providing Access to the Visual Environment
Sponsor:
Vanderbilt University
Organization:
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Study Overview
Official Title:
Providing Access to the Visual Environment
Status:
RECRUITING
Status Verified Date:
2023-06
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
Brief Summary:
Providing Access to the Visual Environment is a pediatric low vision grant which has the ability to provide comprehensive interdisciplinary low vision rehabilitation services to every child in Tennessee with a vision impairment Children ages 3-21 with best-corrected vision of 2050 or worse in the better seeing eye are prescribed optical devices to improve their visual functioning and trained to use the devices
Detailed Description:
Subjects are enrolled each school year based on referrals from school systems in Tennessee ophthalmologists and optometrists A total of 90 new students are enrolled each year Students are provided a comprehensive low vision rehabilitation evaluation by a low vision optometrist and prescribed optical devices to improve distance appreciation near reading and other tasks based on individual needs Students are then trained to use the devices efficiently by masters level teachers of the visually impaired The teachers travel to the students environment schoolhomework for the training
Variables such as ocular disease age visual acuity visual improvement with optical devices type of optical device and reading speed are defined for each student Providing Access to the Visual Environment also provides
Variables such as ocular disease age visual acuity visual improvement with optical devices type of optical device and reading speed are defined for each student Providing Access to the Visual Environment also provides
Study Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None