Wearables for persons with blindness and low vision: form factor matters.
Assist Technol
; 36(1): 60-63, 2024 01 02.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-37115821
ABSTRACT
Based on statistics from the WHO and the International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, an estimated 43.3 million people have blindness and 295 million have moderate and severe vision impairment globally as of 2020, statistics expected to increase to 61 million and 474 million respectively by 2050, staggering numbers. Blindness and low vision (BLV) stultify many activities of daily living, as sight is beneficial to most functional tasks. Assistive technologies for persons with blindness and low vision (pBLV) consist of a wide range of aids that work in some way to enhance one's functioning and support independence. Although handheld and head-mounted approaches have been primary foci when building new platforms or devices to support function and mobility, this perspective reviews potential shortcomings of these form factors or embodiments and posits that a body-centered approach may overcome many of these limitations.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Vision, Low
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Visually Impaired Persons
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Wearable Electronic Devices
Limits:
Humans
Language:
En
Journal:
Assist Technol
Journal subject:
REABILITACAO
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Estados Unidos
Country of publication:
Estados Unidos