hemianopic
- adjective
- /ˌhɛmɪəˈnoʊpɪk/
- Specialized
- Individuals with hemianopic vision may struggle to notice objects on their left or right side due to the loss of half their visual field.
- hemianopic field loss
- hemianopic field
Examples
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Hemianopic field loss, typically caused by stroke, brain surgery, or head trauma, can have an impact on driving performance and safety.
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The use of these prism systems was compared with 10 patients in a rehabilitation program who had hemianopic field loss because of cerebral vascular accidents and brain tumors.
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The population of interest was adults aged 19 and older with low vision and those who had low vision or a hemianopic field loss as a result of a stroke.
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What is the evidence that rehabilitative interventions are effective for improving the driving skills and performance of individuals with low vision, including those who have low vision or a hemianopic field loss as a result of a stroke?
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STROKE, HEMIANOPIC FIELD LOSS, AND DRIVING
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Moderately strong evidence indicates that training methods, such as those focused on useful field of view and simulator-based driver training, may be adequate ways of enhancing the cognitive, visual, and attentional skills of older individuals with vision loss or those whose visual impairment is due to stroke or hemianopic field loss.
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After the accident, she experienced hemianopic vision, making it difficult for her to see anything on the left.
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Rehabilitation programs often help people adapt to living with hemianopic vision by teaching them strategies to compensate for their visual field loss.
Compounds
- Specialized
A blind area that affects one side of the field of vision, often after brain damage
Surface Forms
Morphology
hemianopic = hemianopia (semi-transparent) = hemianopia + ic
Formed by regular adjectival suffixation from the medical noun 'hemianopia', but the medical base is technical and may not be recognizable to average learners.
Etymology
The word hemianopic begins with hemi- meaning 'half' (as in hemisphere) and includes a part related to 'vision' that you see in words like optic, so it describes losing 'half' of the visual field or sight.