CVI

DVC- Developmental Vision Center

• This specialized center assesses, diagnoses, and provides support to children with CVI, i.e., brain-induced visual impairment.

What is CVI? 

• Vision – How and what we see can be explained by a model of a camera.
• The eyes are the lenses, the nerves are the fibers, and the brain is the main processor.
• The eyes (lens) produce images/photographs which travel through wires (nerves) to the brain (processor), where they are decoded, and we can actually see and understand them through the brain.
• When vision is affected due to damage to the brain and its connections, it is called CVI – cerebral visual impairment, which is a condition in which people have difficulty seeing despite having good eyesight.

Did you know? 

• CVI is the leading (60-70%) cause of vision problems in children.

Story: Are children at risk of CVI?

• Brain injury due to various reasons such as cerebral palsy, premature birth, low birth weight, lack of glucose/oxygen/blood supply to the brain, accumulation of blood/fluid in the brain, seizures/epileptic diseases, brain infection, paralysis, etc.

Is there anything we can do?

• Functional vision can be improved with proper diagnosis and treatment. 

Dr. Darshana Vora is a certified specialist in Pediatric CVI