\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. 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Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.976 cm} x{2.812 cm} x{2.812 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Brain Injury Related Visual Dysfunctions/ Other}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) & an injury that affects how the brain works. & Motor Vehicle Accident Athletes (football, boxing, skateboarding, etc.), Gunshot wounds, Domestic Violence, Falls \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 9) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) & brain damage caused by events after birth, rather than as part of a genetic or congenital disorder & CVA or Stroke Aneurysm Anoxia – oxygen deprived Brain tumor/brain tumor resection or removal located in occipital lobe, parietal lobe, cerebellum, or Optic Tract Cranial Nerves III, IV, and IV palsies \tn % Row Count 24 (+ 15) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Optic Neuritis & Optic neuritis can affect \seqsplit{your vision and} cause pain. When \seqsplit{the nerve fibers} become inflamed, the optic nerve can also start to swell. This swelling typically affects one eye, but can affect both at the same time. Optic neuritis can affect both adults and children. & Multiple Sclerosis \tn % Row Count 44 (+ 20) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.976 cm} x{2.812 cm} x{2.812 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Brain Injury Related Visual Dysfunctions/ Other (cont)}} \tn % Row 3 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Migraines & \seqsplit{A migraine that} \seqsplit{involves visual} \seqsplit{disturbance is} called an \seqsplit{ocular migraine}. \seqsplit{Ocular migraines} can develop with or without the accompanying pain of a \seqsplit{classic migraine}. During an \seqsplit{ocular migraine}, \seqsplit{or migraine with} aura, you may see flashing or shimmering lights, zigzagging lines, or stars & Kaleidoscope vision \tn % Row Count 21 (+ 21) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{white} Vitamin \seqsplit{Deficiencies} & Disturbed or \seqsplit{blurred vision can} also occur as a result of \seqsplit{a Vitamin B12 deficiency}. This happens when \seqsplit{the deficiency causes} damage to the optic nerve that leads to your eyes. The nervous signal that travels from the eye to the brain is disturbed due to this damage, leading to \seqsplit{impaired vision} & \tn % Row Count 43 (+ 22) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.976 cm} x{2.812 cm} x{2.812 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Brain Injury Related Visual Dysfunctions/ Other (cont)}} \tn % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Medications} & Medications used \seqsplit{for depression}, Parkinson's disease, seizures, ulcers, asthma, arrhythmia, \seqsplit{and hemorrhoids can} cause this type of glaucoma; Many cancer treatments, \seqsplit{including chemotherapy}, radiation, steroids and \seqsplit{immunotherapies}, are known to \seqsplit{cause eye-related side} effects such as dryness, tearing, cataracts, sensitivity to light, infection or \seqsplit{altered vision}. It's even possible \seqsplit{for eye color} to change. & Cancer Treatment \tn % Row Count 31 (+ 31) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Hierarchy of Visual Perceptual Processing}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/prinsam98_1655786452_Screen Shot 2022-06-20 at 11.40.34 PM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.888 cm} x{2.356 cm} x{2.356 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Oculomotor System}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Gaze systems}} that redirect the eyes to each new target & Voluntary or "targeting" movement: & Smooth \seqsplit{pursuits/tracking} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Involuntary oculomotor movements: & \seqsplit{Vestibular-oculomotor} reflex (VOR) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.888 cm} x{2.356 cm} x{2.356 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Oculomotor System}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Gaze systems}} that redirect the eyes to each new target & Voluntary or "targeting" movement: & Smooth \seqsplit{pursuits/tracking} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Involuntary oculomotor movements: & \seqsplit{Vestibular-oculomotor} reflex (VOR) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.824 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{3.268 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Attention= Alert + Attending}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Alertness \& Arousal}} & Ability to maintain awake state & Reticular Activating System (RAS) \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Attending}} & Frontal eye fields & Gaze stabilization center (sustained gaze or fixation on target or object) \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 5) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Visual Perception}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.28 cm} x{4.72 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{The Brain's Visual Processing Modes}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Focal Mode (vetral stream) & {\bf{What is it?}}, object recognition, exclusively visual and impacted by changes in acuity, involvess attention \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 5) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Ambient Mode (dorsal stream) & {\bf{Where it is?}}, works in concert with vestibular, somatosensory, and auditory, sense to subserve spatial orientation, posture, and gaze stability,; reflexive in nature \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 8) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Vestibular-oculomotor reflex (VOR)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Close relationship between oculomotor function and vestibular function to {\bf{maintain gaze stability during whole-body movement and head movement}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Normal VOR has a disconjugate 1:1 ratio of tracking object to head movement – implying the {\bf{head and eye movement are opposite but equal}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{VOR must be suppressed during combined eye-head movement for the {\bf{image to be maintained on the fovea}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{VOR cancellation or suppression test is essentially a {\bf{higher demand on smooth pursuit function}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Vestibular-oculomotor reflex (VOR)}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Close relationship between oculomotor function and vestibular function to {\bf{maintain gaze stability during whole-body movement and head movement}}} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 3) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Normal VOR has a disconjugate 1:1 ratio of tracking object to head movement – implying the {\bf{head and eye movement are opposite but equal}}} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{VOR must be suppressed during combined eye-head movement for the {\bf{image to be maintained on the fovea}}} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{VOR cancellation or suppression test is essentially a {\bf{higher demand on smooth pursuit function}}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Scanning}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{{\bf{integration of vestibular and oculomotor fucntion}}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{integrates movement directed from frontal eye fields (gaze stabilization center), primary visual cortex, and visual association areas to navigate the environment and avoid obstacles} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 4) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Visual impairment w/ diagnoses}} \tn \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{8.4cm}}{\vspace{1px}\centerline{\includegraphics[width=5.1cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/uploads/prinsam98_1655785295_Screen Shot 2022-06-20 at 11.20.43 PM.png}}} \tn \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Oculomotor Control}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{} \tn % Row Count 0 (+ 0) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Some may have difficulty with}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Reading – poor reading comprehension} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Sports or recreational activities – increased risk of secondary injuries} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Balance – inability to quickly locate items (decreased reaction time) and respond to environmental barriers} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Depth perception (stereopsis) – miss steps climbing stairs, unable to reach for items efficiently due to over or undershooting target} \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Binocular Coordination require effective...}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} smooth \seqsplit{pursuits/tracking} & ability to binocularly follow a moving target smoothly and coordinately & Dysfunction: poor binocular fusion (blurry vision), diplopia (double vision), visual fatigue \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 8) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} saccades & quick, simultaneous movement of both eyes between two or more phases of fixation in the same direction & Dysfunction: Over or \seqsplit{undershooting} target, visual fatigue, delayed visual speed or processing due to inefficiency with localizing/ targeting key information \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 12) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} convergence & ability to fixate on an object {\bf{coming towards}} you & Dysfunction: Exotropia, {\bf{convergence insufficiency}}, Diplopia with nearsighted tasks \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 7) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} divergence & ability to fixate on an object {\bf{going away}} you & Dysfunction: Esotropia, Divergence \seqsplit{insufficiency}, Diplopia with farsighted tasks \tn % Row Count 34 (+ 7) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.584 cm} x{2.508 cm} x{2.508 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Binocular Coordination require effective... (cont)}} \tn % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{stereopsis/spatial} localization & Judgement of space and distance ({\bf{stereopsis}} (depth perception) & Can be affected by: changes in acuity,{\bf{contrast sensitivity}}, poor integration of focal and ambient visual processing systems, divergence and/or convergence \seqsplit{insufficiencies} {\bf{(binocular vision dysfunctions)}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 17) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} focal and ambient visual processing- \seqsplit{physiological} diplopia & {\bf{Brain's ability to receive, interpret, and act upon visual stimuli}}; focal mode: what is it?; Ambient mode: Where is it? & \tn % Row Count 27 (+ 10) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.8 cm} x{1.872 cm} x{2.088 cm} x{1.44 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{4}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Actions of the eye (dont need to really memorize(}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Lateral rectus & ABD & CN 6 (Abducens N) & \seqsplit{contralateral} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Medial rectus & ADD & CN 3 \seqsplit{(Oculomotor} N) & \seqsplit{contralateral} \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Superior rectus & Elevation & CN3 & \seqsplit{contralateral} \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} Inferior rectus & \seqsplit{Depression} & CN3 & \seqsplit{contralateral} \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Inferior Oblique & Elevation and ER & CN 3 & \seqsplit{contralateral} \tn % Row Count 10 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} Superior Oblique & \seqsplit{Depression} and IR & CN 4 & \seqsplit{ipsilateral} \tn % Row Count 12 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}----} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Eye Movement Synergy}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Binocular coordination is a result of synergistic movement of the contralateral eye} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Example: Look to the left without moving your head} \tn % Row Count 3 (+ 1) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Antagonistic and synergistic movements occur in monocular coordination} \tn % Row Count 5 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{X} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Eye Alignment}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Phoria} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} \mymulticolumn{1}{x{8.4cm}}{Strabismus or Tropia} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 1) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}-} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.28 cm} x{4.72 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Visual Perception}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Form Constancy (b vs d) & the visual skill that allows us to distinguish one object from another similar object. Being able to tell the difference between the letter "b" and "d" or "3" and "8". Though the forms are similar in shape, they are very different in meaning. The ability to see and distinguish these differences is form constancy. \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 15) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Visual discrimination & each of the above six skills require some degree of visual discrimination. Visual Discrimination is the ability to identify detail, seeing items likes and differences in shape, color, position and orientation. \tn % Row Count 25 (+ 10) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Visual closure & the visual skill that allows us to detect, differentiate, select, draw conclusions and understand information when we are only given certain pieces of information, rather than the entire account, story or explanation. \tn % Row Count 35 (+ 10) \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{3.28 cm} x{4.72 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Visual Perception (cont)}} \tn % Row 3 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Figure Ground & the visual skill that allows us to distinguish, segregate, isolate or find an object or stimuli in varying environments. This can include faces, figures, objects, landscapes, and letters or numbers. Properly processing our visual figure ground helps to organize the information we see in our environment. \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 14) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{white} Spatial Relations & the visual skill that allows us to process the visual environment around us and the location of objects in respect to ourselves.  \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 6) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Visual Memory}} & the visual skill that allows us to record, store and retrieve information. It allows us to learn and later recall what is learned.  \tn % Row Count 26 (+ 6) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Visual Sequential Memory}} & similar to visual memory in that it allows us to store and retrieve information when necessary or useful. However sequential memory helps us remember and recognize people, places we have been, and series of events, equations, and procedures \tn % Row Count 37 (+ 11) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Visual Cognition}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Understanding the interaction of **visual construct and cognition... & Object structure (i.e. weight, size, position, color, etc) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Executive function (memory and attention) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Attention and awareness \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{4 cm} x{4 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Visual Cognition}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} Understanding the interaction of **visual construct and cognition... & Object structure (i.e. weight, size, position, color, etc) \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 4) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} & Executive function (memory and attention) \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} & Attention and awareness \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} % That's all folks \end{multicols*} \end{document}