Multisensory Rehabilitation of Vision Loss After Cortical Damage

Damage to visual cortex on one side of the brain frequently produces a profound and permanent blindness in contralesional space (hemianopia), a debilitating condition that causes enormous suffering for patients and their families.

Inclusion Criteria: * Patients will be recruited from the local subject population hospitalized/seen by Ophthalmology, Neurosurgery, and Neurology at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist * diagnosis of stable homonymous hemianopia (\>4 weeks) with absence of hemineglect * a lesion encompassing at least primary visual cortex but sparing parietal cortex, to include lesions caused by an ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke or post-surgical changes due to an oncologic or non-oncologic tumor * normal or correctable auditory and cognitive function * willingness to participate in the three-month program * ability to perform visual discriminations in their intact field * life expectancy ≥12 months Exclusion Criteria: * diagnosis of an unstable homonymous hemianopia and/or with hemineglect, * Abnormal or uncorrectable auditory and cognitive function * unwillingness to participate in the program * inability to perform the visual testing in their intact field * life expectancy \< 12 months * Any other condition that would compromise their ability to complete the study.