Drawing of person’s profile on right looking into eye of patient and seeing their brain.
Re-Post How Vision Loss Can Affect The Brain, the New York Times,
Studies suggest that vision loss in older people who do not receive vision rehab can suffer from cognitive decline; losing language, memory, attention and the ability to identify objects in space.
The lead author of one study, Bonnielin Swenor, John Hopkins Eye Institute recommends Low vision rehabilitation.