Visual impairments limiting one or more of the basic functions of the eye: visual acuity, dark adaptation, color vision, or peripheral vision. These may result from EYE DISEASES; OPTIC NERVE DISEASES; VISUAL PATHWAY diseases; OCCIPITAL LOBE diseases; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; and other conditions (From Newell, Ophthalmology: Principles and Concepts, 7th ed, p132).
Also Known As:
Hemeralopia; Micropsia; Metamorphopsia; Macropsia; Day Blindness; Vision Disability; Visual Disorders; Visual Impairment; Blindness, Day; Disabilities, Vision; Disability, Vision; Disorder, Visual; Disorders, Visual; Hemeralopias; Impairment, Visual; Impairments, Visual; Macropsias; Metamorphopsias; Micropsias; Vision Disabilities; Vision Disorder; Visual Disorder; Visual Impairments