Everyone’s ability to see involves not only the eyes but also the brain, so people who experience a stroke may also experience issues with their vision. Visual impairments caused by a stroke are often complex to understand and treat.

Some of the main stroke-related visual impairments include a loss of visual field that makes it difficult to see to the left or right when looking straight ahead, eye muscle and nerve damage that may cause double or blurred vision and issues with visual processing which make it harder to make sense of what we see.