Sensory Components

Question 1

Topographical orientation

Answer 1

Refers to client’s ability to navigate the environment or community to reach the desired destination

Cues to support this skill:
★ landmarks
★ route knowledge
★ spatial updating
★ self-motion
★ visual
★ auditory

Question 2

Low vision intervention strategies:
Lighting

Answer 2

★ Environmental lightning
- address glare reduction

★ Task lighting
- promotes near distance vision
- place directly over task
- encourage placement over non-dominant arm

Question 3

Low vision intervention stratgies:
Contrast

Answer 3

★ Change the background to increase contrast
★ Low contrast environments are more difficult
★ May use sunglasses or filters to promote contrast

Question 4

Low vision intervention strategies:
Patterns

Answer 4

★ Reduce patterns and use solid colors only

Question 5

Low vision intervention strategies:
Magnification

Answer 5

★ Relative distance magnification (moving closer to an object increases the size of the object)

★ Relative size magnification (use of large-print materials)

Question 6

Low vision intervention strategies:
Organization

Answer 6

★ Encourage consistent location / placement of objects in order for the objects to be easily accessed

Question 7

Alternative sensory stratgies to low vision

Answer 7

★ Use of text-to-speech technology to allow information to be read to the client
★ Use of audiobooks
★ Use of tactile cues

Question 8

When considering interventions for low vision, what might be an appropriate strategy to implement if a student struggles with reading endurance and is required to read throughout the day?

Answer 8

Alternative sensory strategies such as text-to-speech or audiobooks to engage in extensive reading tasks as typically required by students