title: Current Understanding of What Infants See.
abstract: The current understanding of what infants see varies greatly among healthcare and education specialists. Even among ophthalmologists and pediatric neurologists in charge of clinical examinations of infants, opinions vary on what infants perceive, recognize, and use for communication and learning. It is, therefore, of interest to review publications from several specialties to learn whether new information is available on the development of visual functions and use of vision. Ten percent of total publications on this subject are reviewed here based on the usefulness of their content for improving early diagnosis and intervention of vision disorders in infants.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, TU Dortmund, August-Schmidt-Straße 4, 44227 Dortmund, Germany ; 644 Whitetail Drive, Lewisberry, PA 17339 USA.
authors.forename: Lea
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hyvärinen
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, TU Dortmund University, 44221 Dortmund, Germany.
authors.forename: Renate
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Walthes
authors.affiliation: Perkins International, Watertown, MA USA ; Chetana Trust, 15 Arunachalam Road, Kotturpuram, Chennai, 600085 India.
authors.forename: Namita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Jacob
authors.affiliation: National Center for Children's Vision and Eye Health at Prevent Blindness, Chicago, USA ; Vision and Eye Health Initiatives, Good-Lite, 42 East Street, Westover, WV 26501 USA.
authors.forename: Kay Nottingham
authors.initials: KN
authors.lastname: Chaplin
authors.affiliation: Early Intervention Ramon Marti Bonet Foundation against blindness, Barcelona, Spain ; ICR Catalan Institute of Retina, 08172 Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: Mercè
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Leonhardt
keywords: Autism; Early communication; Early intervention; Face recognition; Infancy; Vision development