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Designed by MARY WARREN MS, OTR/L, SCLV, FAOTA
Based on twenty years of clinical practice
and research, the biVABA provides therapists with a practical
tool for completing a quick, accurate, reliable, and useful assessment
of visual processing ability following adult onset brain injury.
The battery focuses on identification of the functional limitations
experienced by the client as a result of the visual impairment to
provide the information needed to develop effective treatment plans.
The battery includes standardized assessments for evaluation of
the visual functions important in ensuring that visual perceptual
processing is accurately completed:
- visual acuity (distant and reading)
- contrast sensitivity function
- visual field
- oculomotor function
- visual attention and scanning
The comprehensive, easy to
read, test manual provides:
- detailed instructions on how to give and interpret
each subtest
- the functional limitations expected if the
visual function is impaired
- how to use test results to write treatment
goals and design treatment intervention
- alternative methods for evaluating persons
with limited capability to respond
Lightweight and completely
portable, the biVABA is designed for use in acute and long
term care, home health, and inpatient and outpatient programs with
persons who have sustained brain injury from such conditions as
CVA, TBI, brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, degenerative neurological
diseases and Alzheimer’s. Components of the test can also be used
to evaluate low vision conditions associated with macular degener-ation,
diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and cataract.
What advantage does the biVABA have over
traditional visual perceptual tests?
 THE
biVABA GUIDES TREATMENT PLANNING
Where other tests merely label
the perceptual deficit, the biVABA guides treatment planning
by showing how the perceptual process has changed
as a result of brain injury, how functional performance
may change because of the visual perceptual deficit and which treatment
interventions will be effective.
THE
biVABA ASSISTS IN IDENTIFYING REHABILITATION POTENTIAL
The biVABA enables therapists to determine
if the client will benefit from cuing, structure or practice and
therefore assists in identifying the client’s rehabilitation potential
and the number of treatment sessions required.
THE
biVABA ENABLES EARLY DETECTION AND REMEDIATION OF VISUAL DEFICITS
MAXIMIZING FUNCTIONAL OUTCOMES AND SAVING MONEY
The biVABA includes instructions for
modifying the subtests to measure visual processing in clients with
limited cognition, language and attentional capabilities so that
visual processing deficits can be identified early in the client’s
recovery. This ensures that treatment dollars will not be wasted
in working with clients whose unidentified visual deficits prevent
them from fully participating in and benefiting from therapy.
THE
biVABA INCLUDES ALL OF THE TESTS NEEDED TO COMPLETE A COMPREHENSIVE
ASSESSMENT OF THE CLIENT’S VISUAL PROCESSING
While other tests may only measure one aspect
of visual perceptual processing requiring the purchase of several
different tests kits, the biVABA contains all of the testing
materials needed to complete a comprehensive assessment of the client’s
visual function.
THE biVABA IS QUICK AND EASY TO ADMINISTER
AND INTERPRET
The evaluations included in the biVABA
are easy to administer, simple to score, and a snap to write up
because interpreta-tion of test performance is provided in the test
manual.
THE
biVABA EQUIPS THERAPISTS TO EXPLAIN VISUAL PERCEPTUAL DEFICITS TO
THE CLIENT, FAMILY, PHYSICIANS, INSURANCE COMPANIES AND OTHER TEAM
MEMBERS
While other test kits provide a brief booklet
of instructions, the biVABA provides a comprehensive 150
page manual which, in addition to detailed test instructions, includes
sections on the rationale for evaluation and treatment of visual
perceptual impairment following brain injury, understanding specific
visual impairments following brain injury and their effect on functional
performance, interpreting test results to clients and family, consulting
with optometrists and ophthalmologists, and implementing treatment
planning based on test performance.
The
biVABA CAN BE USED TO EVALUATE CLIENTS WITH BOTH BRAIN INJURY AND
LOW VISION
The bivaba contains
4 subtests which can be used to measure visual function in persons
with low vision secondary to macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy,
glaucoma, and other conditions, enabling the test to be used for
both populations.
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