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To the normal effects of aging on the eyes may be added such problems as cataracts (a clouding of the lenses that impairs visual acuity and increases sensitivity to glare), macular degeneration (a gradual loss of central vision) and glaucoma (increased eye pressure that limits peripheral vision).

Corneal clouding, a condition that impairs visual acuity, is associated with numerous diseases, including mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS) type VII.

The DP image is affected by both the forward and the backward scattering, produced in the first and the second pass of the light through the crystalline lens; the analysis of the energy distribution on this image reveals the contribution of the light scattering which really impairs visual performance.

Cuprizone treatment impairs visual function, which was demonstrated by multifocal electroretinograms, an established non-invasive method, and Dock3 overexpression prevented this effect.

Measurements of contrast sensitivity and colour vision ability of diabetic patients are important parameters to monitor how the disease progresses and how it impairs visual systems.

This further impairs visual prognosis by reducing the number and integrity of remaining photoreceptors, and inhibiting regeneration of outer segments [ 39].

The main risk factors for falls are musculoskeletal and neuromuscular impairment, impaired visual acuity, hearing loss, use of psychotropic agents, diseases (e.g., Parkinson's disease, dementia, depression, stroke-related impairment, vitamin D deficiency), use of alcohol, sedentary lifestyle, malnutrition, and environmental factors.

"I thought it was unusual to have a visually impaired visual arts teacher," said Patricia Tubridy, the principal of the Active Learning Prep School.

The patients with homozygous null mutations in NKX2-2 also have severe developmental delay, which affects both motor and intellectual function as well as more specific features, such as hypotonia, cortical blindness, impaired visual tracking, and hearing impairment.

Similar to AP, cases often display heterogeneous symptoms [35] which might include additional impairments, e.g. in the processing of biological motion [36] or impaired visual mental imagery [37].

As we left the market, she accidentally crashed the shopping cart into a pile of shopping baskets to her right — such accidents, when they happen, are always to the right, because of the impaired visual awareness to this side.