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Ocular status and functional adaptation of visually challenged children of a special school in Oman

INTRODUCTION: We assessed the ocular status and visual adaptation among children studying at a school for visually disabled children in Muscat, Oman. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted in 2009–2010. We assessed the visual and ocular status of the participants. They were inte...

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Autores principales: Khandekar, Rajiv, Shah, Rikin, Shah, Manali, Al Harby, Salah, Vora, Urmi, Al Balushi, Faiza
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3110441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21713235
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.77657
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author Khandekar, Rajiv
Shah, Rikin
Shah, Manali
Al Harby, Salah
Vora, Urmi
Al Balushi, Faiza
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Shah, Rikin
Shah, Manali
Al Harby, Salah
Vora, Urmi
Al Balushi, Faiza
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description INTRODUCTION: We assessed the ocular status and visual adaptation among children studying at a school for visually disabled children in Muscat, Oman. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted in 2009–2010. We assessed the visual and ocular status of the participants. They were interviewed to elicit the past history of eye problems and management. They also expressed their visual adaptation in their ‘day-to-day’ life, and their ambitions. RESULT: We examined and interviewed 47 participants (29 male and 18 female). The mean age of the participants was 19.7 years (Standard deviation 5.9 years). Twenty-six of them were blind since birth. Phthisical eyes, disfigured eyes and anophthalmic sockets were noted in 19, 58, and six eyes of participants. Twenty-six (55.5%) participants had visual disabilities due to genetic causes, since birth. In 13 participants, further investigations were needed to confirm diagnosis and determine further management After low vision training, 13 participants with residual vision could be integrated in the school with normal children. One participant was recommended stem cell treatment for visual restoration. Five children were advised reconstructive orbital surgery. The participants were not keen to use a white cane for mobility. Some participants, 16 / 28 (57%), with absolute blindness, were not able to read the Braille language. Singing and playing music were not very well-accepted hobbies among the participants. Nineteen participants were keen to become teachers. CONCLUSIONS: Children with visual disabilities need to be periodically assessed. The underlying causes of visual disabilities should be further explored to facilitate prevention and genetic counseling. Participants had visual adaptation for daily living and had ambitions for the future.
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spelling pubmed-31104412011-06-27 Ocular status and functional adaptation of visually challenged children of a special school in Oman Khandekar, Rajiv Shah, Rikin Shah, Manali Al Harby, Salah Vora, Urmi Al Balushi, Faiza Oman J Ophthalmol Original Article INTRODUCTION: We assessed the ocular status and visual adaptation among children studying at a school for visually disabled children in Muscat, Oman. MATERIALS AND METHODS: This descriptive study was conducted in 2009–2010. We assessed the visual and ocular status of the participants. They were interviewed to elicit the past history of eye problems and management. They also expressed their visual adaptation in their ‘day-to-day’ life, and their ambitions. RESULT: We examined and interviewed 47 participants (29 male and 18 female). The mean age of the participants was 19.7 years (Standard deviation 5.9 years). Twenty-six of them were blind since birth. Phthisical eyes, disfigured eyes and anophthalmic sockets were noted in 19, 58, and six eyes of participants. Twenty-six (55.5%) participants had visual disabilities due to genetic causes, since birth. In 13 participants, further investigations were needed to confirm diagnosis and determine further management After low vision training, 13 participants with residual vision could be integrated in the school with normal children. One participant was recommended stem cell treatment for visual restoration. Five children were advised reconstructive orbital surgery. The participants were not keen to use a white cane for mobility. Some participants, 16 / 28 (57%), with absolute blindness, were not able to read the Braille language. Singing and playing music were not very well-accepted hobbies among the participants. Nineteen participants were keen to become teachers. CONCLUSIONS: Children with visual disabilities need to be periodically assessed. The underlying causes of visual disabilities should be further explored to facilitate prevention and genetic counseling. Participants had visual adaptation for daily living and had ambitions for the future. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3110441/ /pubmed/21713235 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.77657 Text en Copyright: © 2011 Khandekar R, et al http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Khandekar, Rajiv
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Al Harby, Salah
Vora, Urmi
Al Balushi, Faiza
Ocular status and functional adaptation of visually challenged children of a special school in Oman
title Ocular status and functional adaptation of visually challenged children of a special school in Oman
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title_fullStr Ocular status and functional adaptation of visually challenged children of a special school in Oman
title_full_unstemmed Ocular status and functional adaptation of visually challenged children of a special school in Oman
title_short Ocular status and functional adaptation of visually challenged children of a special school in Oman
title_sort ocular status and functional adaptation of visually challenged children of a special school in oman
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3110441/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21713235
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0974-620X.77657
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