Special visual aids

Lecturer:

Olga Buriánková (gar.)

Tutor:

Olga Buriánková (gar.)

Supervisor:

Department of Natural Sciences

Synopsis:

Degrees of visual impairment - low vision, legal blindness, total blindness. Possibilities of compensation of severe visual impairment. Types of compensatory devices. Optical compensatory devices for near vision (hypercorrection, magnifiers, hyperocular lenses) and distance vision (telescopic systems - Galilei, Kepler). Electronic compensatory tools (camera magnifiers, digital magnifiers). System for prescription of special optical devices. System of funding with Health Insurance.

Requirements:

Assessment: active participation on the solution of excercises.

Examination: fulfillment of requirements for assessment, knowledges covering the extent of the course.

Syllabus of lectures:

1.Degrees of visual impairment - low vision, legal blindness, total blindness.

2.Possibilities of compensation of severe visual impairment.

3.Types of compensatory devices.

4.Optical compensatory devices for near vision and distance vision, electronic compensatory tools

5.System for prescription of special optical devices.

6.System of funding with Health Insurance.

Syllabus of tutorials:

1.Degrees of visual impairment - low vision, legal blindness, total blindness.

2.Possibilities of compensation of severe visual impairment.

3.Types of compensatory devices.

4.Optical compensatory devices for near vision and distance vision, electronic compensatory tools

5.System for prescription of special optical devices.

6.System of funding with Health Insurance.

Study Objective:

Knowledge of special visual aids for persons with visual impairment.

Study materials:

1.Kuchynka, Pavel et al.: Oční lékařství, Grada Praha 2007.

2.Kuchynka, Pavel: Trendy soudobé oftalmologie, sv. I, Galén Praha 2000.

3.Moravcová, Dagmar: Zraková terapie slabozrakých a pacientů s nízkým vizem TRITON Praha 2004.

4.Rozsíval, Pavel et al.: Oční lékařství, Galén + Karolinum 2006.

5.Rozsíval, Pavel: Trendy soudobé oftalmologie, sv. IV, Galén Praha 2007.

Note:

Time-table for winter semester 2011/2012:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon
Tue	roomKL:C-1 Buriánková O. 08:00–10:50 (lecture parallel2) Kladno FBMI Velký sálroomKL:C-1 Buriánková O. 11:00–13:50 (lecture parallel2 parallel nr.102) Kladno FBMI Velký sál
Fri
Thu
Fri

Time-table for summer semester 2011/2012:

Time-table is not available yet

The course is a part of the following study plans:

• Bakalářský studijní obor Optika a optometrie - prezenční (compulsory course)