Introduction. A person who has suffered the total loss of a sensory system has, indirectly, suffered a brain lesion. Exact and fast visual information is critical for brain cognitive functions. The aim of this study is comparison of cognitive status of blinds veteran with normal sighted matched person. Materials and Methods. we compare 137 blinds and 124 sighted people in verbal fluency task. The test was mini mental state examination (MMSE). Independent T Test was used to comparing blind with sighted.Results. findings show significant difference between two groups in recall, language skills sub scales and total scores of MMSE. Result don’t show significant difference between two groups in orientation, information registration and attention subscales. Conclusion. based on this study blinds have lower performance in cognitive functions. We suggest immediately cognitive rehabilitation for prevention of cognitive deterioration in them.
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