Visual Preceptual

Question 1

Macular Degeneration

Answer 1

Decrease in central vision. Pts have difficulty seeing facial features, colors, signs

Question 2

Cataracts

Answer 2

Yellowing or cloudiness of the lens. Increased sensitivity to glare, may see ghost images, eyes may appear milky or yellowish, decreased color vision

Question 3

Glaucoma

Answer 3

Initial loss of peripheral vision. If left uncontrolled, can lead to blindness

Question 4

Diabetic Retinopathy

Answer 4

Results in leaking blood vessels, progressive blurring. Proliferative type interferes with functional vision. Decreased color vision and acuity

Question 5

Presbyopia

Answer 5

Visual loss in middle and older ages, characterized by inability to focus properly and blurred images

Question 6

Hemianopsia

Answer 6

Field deficits in both eyes that often occurs following CVA

Question 7

Visual acuity

Answer 7

Clarity of vision *Only optometrists can determine visual acuity, level of visual impairment, and damage to or disease in the visual system

Question 8

Saccadic eye movements

Answer 8

Sequenced rapid eye movements

Question 9

Diplopia

Answer 9

Double vision

Question 10

Visual inattention/Visual neglect

Answer 10

Decreased awareness of the body and spatial environment on the side contralateral to the cerebral lesion despite the absence of a specific sensory deficit

Question 11

Apraxia

Answer 11

Inability to carry out specific motor tasks in absence of sensory or motor impairments

Question 12

Adiadochokinesia

Answer 12

Inability to perform rapidly alternating movements

Question 13

Ideomotor apraxia

Answer 13

Inability to imitate gestures or perform a purposeful task on command even though the client fully understands the idea or concept of the task

Question 14

Ideational apraxia

Answer 14

Inability to carry out a sequence of motor acts that is caused by a disruption of the conception rather than the execution of the motor act

Question 15

Oral apraxia

Answer 15

Difficulty in forming and organizing intelligible words although the musculature required to do so remains intact

Question 16

Construction apraxia

Answer 16

Impairment in producing designs in 2 or 3 dimensions, copying , drawing, or construction either on command or spontaneously

Question 17

Agnosia

Answer 17

Inability to recognize familiar objects, body parts

Question 18

Visual agnosia

Answer 18

Inability to recognize visual stimuli

Question 19

Prosopagnosia

Answer 19

Inability to identify person by face

Question 20

Astereognosis / Tactile agnosia

Answer 20

Inability to recognize objects through touch

Question 21

Anosognosia

Answer 21

Unawareness or denial of deficits

Question 22

Dysarthria

Answer 22

Motor speech disorder. Muscles of mouth, face, and resp system may become weak

Question 23

Dysmetria

Answer 23

Lack of coordination of movement in which there is over-reaching or under-reaching

Question 24

Chorea

Answer 24

Involuntary, unpredictable body movements that no not have a pattern. Seen in Huntington?s Disease

Question 25

Diplegia

Answer 25

Paralysis or spasticity affecting symmetrical parts of the body, such as in both legs for Spastic diplegia CP

Question 26

Anhedonia

Answer 26

Inability to experience pleasure

Question 27

Diskinesias

Answer 27

Involuntary movements

Question 28

Myoclonus

Answer 28

Brief rapid contraction of a muscle or group of muscles

Question 29

Dystonia

Answer 29

Sustained abnormal posture and disruption of ongoing movement due to alterations in muscle tone

Question 30

Ataxia

Answer 30

Lack of coordination in voluntary movements