Presentations, workshops and symposia during Vision 2017
Downloads of most of the oral and poster presentations of Visio-professionals, held during Vision 2017, are available below. You can download the files by clicking on the title.
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26 June 2017
09.30-09.45
Cerebral visual impairment in very preterm born children: visual and attention functioning
Christiaan Geldof
13.45-14.00
Parenting of young children with a visual impairment. Results of a systematic literature view
Ellen van den Broek, Ans van Eijden (and others outside of Visio)
14.30-14.45
Specificity of the effects of compensatory scanning training (IH-CST) for patients with hemianopia:
a randomized controlled trial. You can also
download description (including abstracts) about this topic.
Gera de Haan
14.15-14.30
Supporting Parents: Early intervention in families with a child with blindness
Irma Uijen de Kleijn, Marloes van Oort, Netherlands
16.15-16.30
A study of bioptic driving at night
Wim van Damme
Tuesday 27 June 2017
09.35-09.45
The Importance of ICF and the Correct Neuropsychological Explanations for Successful Rehabilitation of CVI-patients
Sander Zuidhoek
11.45-12.00
Visual impairment in children with familial exudative vitreoretinopathy (FEVR)
Erik van Nouhuys
13.45-14.00
A theoretical approach on safe mobility.
Part of the Masterclass Driving with a visual impairment in Europe.
Bart Melis-Dankers
14.00-14.15
Legislation and compensation for loss of visual function in driving.
Part of the Masterclass Driving with a visual impairment in Europe.
Wim van Damme
14.15-14.30
The holistic health view on driving.
Part of the Masterclass Driving with a visual impairment in Europe.
Gera de Haan
16.30-16.45
The importance of combined visual and auditory functions for the visual rehabilitation of clients with dual sensory loss
Ton Roelofs
16.45-17.00
Evaluation of driving safety in mobility scooters in individuals with visual impairment
C. Cordes (with Joost Heuting and Bart Melis Dankers from Visio)
Wednesday 28 June 2017
11.15-11.30
Implementation of innovative eye tracking diagnostics for young children at risk of CVI
Sanny van der Steen
14.00-14.15
An exploratory study of the accessibility of existing programming education materials for visually impaired children
Felienne Hermans (with Wendy Voorn from Visio)
13.45-15.15
Workshop Safe Cycling (
compensation and
demonstration)
Bart Melis-Dankers, Bart Jelys
16.45-17.00
The serious game HearHere for elderly with age-related vision loss: Effectively training the skill to use auditory information for navigation
Mijke Hartendorp (with Wendy Voorn from Visio)
17.15-17.30
Guiding the visually impaired through the environment using EyeBeacons
Jan Koopman
16.15-16.30
Assessment of Cerebral Visual Impairment in children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
Marjolein Wallroth
Thursday 29 June 2017
09.15-09.30
Operationalization of concept of Participation of adults with visual and severe or profound intellectual disabilities: perspectives of parents, professionals, and experts
Gineke Hanzen
09.15-09.30
Expedition ToP: Experiences of adolescents with visual impairments, their parents and professionals in promoting success in job participation
Judith Wijnen, Sabina Kef, Bella van Erp
10.00-10.15
Optimizing eyetracker-based communication for children with multiple disabilities
Jan Koopman
10.00-10.15
Design of a training method for occupational therapists in the rehabilitation of visually impaired people
Inez Ummels
09.00-09.15
Effectiveness of rehabilitation of visual agnosia and Balint’s syndrome
Joost Heutink
09.45-10.00
Tactual Profile MDVI to assess the tactual functioning of persons with a severe visual and cognitive impairment
Anneke Blok
Poster presentations
Does the experience of former clients contribute to an effective rehabilitation?
Els de Keijzer
Monday 26 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Thursday 29 June: 10.45-11.15
Improvement of low vision services in Botswana
Kebabonye Kuswani, Alice Lehasa
Monday 26 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Thursday 29 June: 10.45-11.15
Improvement of low vision services in Uganda
Esther Grace Candiru
Monday 26 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Thursday 29 June: 10.45-11.15
Excellent visual rehabilitation – The six coherent dimensions
Astrid Stijfs
Monday 26 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Thursday 29 June: 10.45-11.15
Bridging the Rehabilitation Gap – An ICF-based model
Ton Roelofs
Monday 26 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Thursday 29 June: 10.45-11.15
Enabling self-direction
Ton Schilderman
Monday 26 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Thursday 29 June: 10.45-11.15
Good interior lighting facilitating communication
Frouck de Boer
Monday 26 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Wednesday 28 June: 15.30-16.00
Going to school with a motility disorder of the extraocular muscles
Niki Slingerland
Tuesday 27 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Wednesday 28 June: 10.45-11.15
Tactual Profile MDVI to assess the tactual functioning of persons with a severe visual and mental impairment
Ineke Jacobs
Tuesday 27 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Wednesday 28 June: 10.45-11.15
Optimizing eyetracker based communication systems for people with multiple disabilities
Wieneke Huls
Tuesday 27 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Wednesday 28 June: 10.45-11.15
Active Learning An approach for clients with visual impairment and severe multiple disabilities
Martien Rienstra
Tuesday 27 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Wednesday 28 June: 10.45-11.15
Increasing awareness on the role of sound for people with severe visual and intellectual disabilities through MoSART
Daniƫlle Kistemaker
Tuesday 27 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Wednesday 28 June: 10.45-11.15
Accessibility of railway stations
Els de Keijzer
Tuesday 27 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Tuesday 27 June: 10.45-11.15
Using the HoloLens' Spatial Sound System to aid the visually impaired
Arjen Teijo Zijlstra
Wednesday 28 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Tuesday 27 June: 10.45-11.15
Does multisensory presentation of mathematical graphs improve visually impaired students’ performance on identifying mathematical graphs? A comparison study
Louis Pool
Wednesday 28 June: 13.15-13.45 pitch | Monday 26 June: 15.30-16.00