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Below are images and videos that may reflect brain injury visual symptoms. These are designed to scroll through to view/show patients/caregivers/providers, etc. how someone’s vision may appear when words are not enough.
Under each image below, you will see a list of words or phrases that describe aspects of each respective picture. This is not meant to be an all inclusive list. Feel free to use your own words that best describe what you see.
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Multiple or Double
Image 1
Suggested Words to Share: colors are too bright, overstimulating, 3D vision without glasses on, items appear to jump out, too much to take in, grocery store overwhelm - too many colors, products, buzzing
Image 2
Suggested Words to Share: words don’t align, extra dimension, double vision, shadowed
Image 3
Suggested Words to Share: partially washed out, double vision, not aligned, shadowed, jumping
Image 4
Suggested Words to Share: close up, not quite aligned, double, jumping, shadowed
Image 5
Suggested Words to Share: double vision, stacked, shadowed, layered, blur, haze
Image 7
Suggested Words to Share: double vision, jumping, stacked, shadowed, layered, skipping, too much movement to take in, slow eye movement
Image 8
Suggested Words to Share: double vision, jumping, stacked, shadowed, layered, skipping, too much movement to take in, slow eye movement
Image 9
Suggested Words to Share: double vision, jumping, stacked, shadowed, layered, skipping, too much movement to take in, slow eye movement, blurred, overstimulation
Image 37
Suggested Words to Share: shadowed, double
Image 39
Suggested Words to Share: shadowed, double, clear or crisp, yet still off, still 20/20
Image 38
Suggested Words to Share: shadowed, double, clear or crisp, yet still off
Image 40
Suggested Words to Share: shadowed, double, clear or crisp, yet still off, still 20/20
Light Sensitivity - Headlights
Image 11
Suggested Words to Share: light sensitivity, halos, blur, hazy, fuzzy, circles, lights hurt, visual afterglow
Image 12
Suggested Words to Share: light sensitivity, star bursts, lights hurt, lights overpower all other objects (not represented in this exact image)
Image 13
Suggested Words to Share: too bright lights, hazy streaks around lights, long streaks, lights hurt, glow, halos
Image 14
Suggested Words to Share: too bright lights, harsh light streaks, long streaks, lights hurt, glow, halos, too much contrast
Glow
Image 15
Suggested Words to Share: items fuzz over, hazy, blurry, fine jagged edged letter C, colors glow and are off, too bright colors, especially overhead lighting, migraine aura, flashes of light
Image 16
Suggested Words to Share: items fuzz over, hazy, blurry, colors glow and are off, too bright colors, especially overhead lighting, colorful glow can be seen when eyes are closed or open
Image 41
Suggested Words to Share: items fuzz over with dark edges, clear in the middle, yet double, hazy, blurry, soft jagged edged letter C that fades, colors glow and are off, too bright colors, migraine, zigzag, colorful zigzag, migraine aura
Image 43
Suggested Words to Share: migraine, zigzag, white double zigzag, blur all over, flashes of light, migraine aura
Image 42
Suggested Words to Share: migraine, zigzag, colorful zigzag, blur all over, flashes of light, migraine aura
Double or Triple?
Image 19
Suggested Words to Share: triple vision, blurred, slow-eye movement
Image 20
Suggested Words to Share: double vision, blurred, slow-eye movement
Sparkles or Snow
Image 21
Suggested Words to Share: seeing stars
Image 22
Suggested Words to Share: seeing stars, visual snow, washed out, too bright, too much to process, close eyes to open
Image 23
Suggested Words to Share: visual snow, tv static, speckled
Washed Out
Image 24
Suggested Words to Share: washed out, too bright, close eyes to open in sun, harsh light, light hurts, readjusting - hard
Pixilated
Image 25
Suggested Words to Share: difficulty focusing eyes, blurred, fuzzy, hazy, softly pixelated
Image 26
Suggested Words to Share: pixelated, difficulty focusing long distance, clarity up close
Image 27
Suggested Words to Share: difficulty focusing eyes, blurred, fuzzy, hazy, softly pixelated
Image 28
Suggested Words to Share: pixelated
Reading
Image 29
Suggested Words to Share: difficulty focusing eyes, blurred, fuzzy, words don’t line up, words skipped without realizing, words shift or move, words swim, tunnel vision, darkened periphery, double vision, buzzing
Image 30
Suggested Words to Share: words don’t line up, words skipped without realizing, words shift or move, words swim, 3D vision without the glasses on, double vision
Tilted - 30 Degree Vision (lower right quadrant of right eye In image Below) - can be any eyE
Image 31
Suggested Words to Share: bottom right quadrant of right eye is at a 30 degree angle
Dark and/or scratchy around the edges
Image 18
Suggested Words to Share: jumping, motion skips, slow-eye movement, blurred, darkened periphery, tunnel vision, distant light sources can be bright and closer objects can appear darker
Image 32
Suggested Words to Share: buzzing, too bright, swimming periphery, tunnel vision, blurred/darkened periphery, outside colors are washed out
Swirl
Image 60
Suggested Words to Share: scratchy on edges, getting darker towards edges, swirling near center, but going out. Clear in the middle, buzzing
Image 61
Suggested Words to Share: swirl, double, movement
Blur
Image 33
Suggested Words to Share: midline blur, peripheral blur, hazy, distance focusing, missing peripheral vision
Image 34
Suggested Words to Share: midline blur, intermittent blurring, hazy, focusing
Image 6
Suggested Words to Share: double vision, stacked, shadowed, layered, blur, hazy, missing peripheral vision, smeared
Patterns
Image 35
Suggested Words to Share: pattern buzzing, overstimulation, objects not aligning, challenging to focus
Image 36
Suggested Words to Share: pattern buzzing, light splotches, clear in certain spots, unable to focus in others
Picasso Face
Image 10
Suggested Words to Share: scrambled, Picasso face, overstimulation, jumping around
VIDEOs
Vestibular Video
Suggesting how it may appear when experiencing issues with sense of depth, motion, & convergence
COoking An Egg
Developed in Collaboration with Dr. Kevin E. Houston, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Stairs - Split
Developed in Collaboration with Dr. Kevin E. Houston, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
GRocery Shopping
Developed in Collaboration with Dr. Kevin E. Houston, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Driving Video
Sharing how convergence issues may appear while driving
Walking Across Street
Developed in Collaboration with Dr. Kevin E. Houston, Massachusetts Eye and Ear
Stairs - Prism Simulation
Developed in Collaboration with Dr. Kevin E. Houston, Massachusetts Eye and Ear