This article describes a study of the Columbus Children's Hospital (CCH) vision stimulation program involving the stimulation of 15 visually impaired infants and comparisons with 14 visually impaired infants who did not receive the in-home stimulation and a cross-sectional group of 50 similar aged normal infants. The results document the benefits of appropriate vision stimulation for increasing the neural foundation for vision and visual-motor function in visually impaired infants.
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