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Stimulation of vision at a critical period can encourage brain plasticity and the recovery of impaired function.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Objective:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>The aim of our study was to investigate when is the critical period for visual stimulation in children with perinatal brain damage.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>We compared 35 children within the first eight months of life (median age = 4 months) to 35 children aged between eight and thirty months (median age = 15 months), all with perinatal brain damage. All the children were attending an early intervention program at Mali dom, Zagreb, a rehabilitation centre for children with visual impairment. We compared the results from baseline and follow-up assessments of visual functions (grating acuity and contrast sensitivity). We also compared differences in change scores between the two groups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Our results have shown that children who commence a visual stimulation program within the first eight months of life had more improvement in both visual functions. This improvement is statistically significant in visual acuity (p = 0.048).<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>These results indicate the importance of starting a visual stimulation program within the first eight months after birth.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3233\/nre-130952","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,12,3]],"date-time":"2019-12-03T18:05:34Z","timestamp":1575396334000},"page":"251-255","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/sage-journals-update-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Visual stimulations' critical period in infants with perinatal brain damage"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"33","author":[{"given":"Sonja","family":"Alimovi\u0107","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Mali dom, Zagreb, Day Care Centre for Rehabilitation of Children with Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities, Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ana","family":"Katu\u0161i\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Mali dom, Zagreb, Day Care Centre for Rehabilitation of Children with Visual Impairment and Multiple Disabilities, Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Vlatka","family":"Meja\u0161ki-Bo\u0161njak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Child Neurology, Children's Hospital Zagreb, University of Zagreb, Medical School, Zagreb, Croatia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"179","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,28]]},"container-title":["NeuroRehabilitation: An International, Interdisciplinary Journal"],"original-title":[],"language":"en","link":[{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3233\/NRE-130952","content-type":"application\/pdf","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"text-mining"},{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/pdf\/10.3233\/NRE-130952","content-type":"unspecified","content-version":"vor","intended-application":"similarity-checking"}],"deposited":{"date-parts":[[2026,5,1]],"date-time":"2026-05-01T05:45:32Z","timestamp":1777614332000},"score":1,"resource":{"primary":{"URL":"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/full\/10.3233\/NRE-130952"}},"subtitle":[],"short-title":[],"issued":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,28]]},"references-count":0,"journal-issue":{"issue":"2","published-print":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,28]]}},"alternative-id":["10.3233\/NRE-130952"],"URL":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3233\/nre-130952","relation":{"is-cited-by":[{"id-type":"doi","id":"10.3389\/fnhum.2016.00157","asserted-by":"object"}]},"ISSN":["1053-8135","1878-6448"],"issn-type":[{"value":"1053-8135","type":"print"},{"value":"1878-6448","type":"electronic"}],"subject":[],"published":{"date-parts":[[2013,10,28]]}}}