Vision Loss - Field Loss (Scotomas)
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Classroom scene through the eyes of someone with scotomas: children playing around a water table
With scattered blind spots or scotomas, individuals are missing parts of their visual field and have blind spots here and there. They may lose parts of people or objects when looking at them and have to piece their world back together my moving their head.
Classroom scene through the eyes of someone with scotomas: children playing with string.
The size of the blind spots, their location, and how many there are will affect how severely the person's visual functioning will be impacted.