Cerebral versus cortical visual impairment: eliminating the conflict and renewing the terminology

Abstract

Abstract The inconsistency in terminology for Cortical Visual Impairment or Cerebral Visual Impairment presents challenges: (1) different levels of changes in visual pathway and other cerebral areas do not allow discrimination; (2) different visual and oculomotor aspects are not adequately considered. We open a debate to consider a more appropriate diagnosis.

Keywords

• Cortical visual impairment
• Cerebral visual impairment
• Terminology proposal
• Oculomotor disorders
• High-order visual function
• Diagnostics