An insight into smartphone-based assistive solutions for visually impaired and blind people: issues, challenges and opportunities

A Khan, S Khusro - Universal Access in the Information Society, 2021 - Springer
Blind people are confronting a number of challenges in performing activities of daily life such
as reading labels on a product, identification of currency notes, exploring unknown spaces …

Mobile assistive technologies for the visually impaired

L Hakobyan, J Lumsden, D O'Sullivan, H Bartlett - Survey of ophthalmology, 2013 - Elsevier
There are around 285 million visually impaired people worldwide, and around 370,000
people are registered as blind or partially sighted in the UK. Ongoing advances in …

Low vision rehabilitation for better quality of life in visually impaired adults

M Hoeben, M Langelaan, J Klevering… - Cochrane Database …, 2020 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Low vision rehabilitation aims to optimise the use of residual vision after severe
vision loss, but also aims to teach skills in order to improve visual functioning in daily life …

Reading aids for adults with low vision

G Virgili, R Acosta, SA Bentley… - Cochrane Database …, 2018 - cochranelibrary.com
Background The purpose of low‐vision rehabilitation is to allow people to resume or to
continue to perform daily living tasks, with reading being one of the most important. This is …

[HTML][HTML] Measuring reading performance

GS Rubin - Vision research, 2013 - Elsevier
Despite significant changes in the treatment of common eye conditions like cataract and age-
related macular degeneration, reading difficulty remains the most common complaint of …

[HTML][HTML] Interventions to improve functioning, participation, and quality of life in children with visual impairment: a systematic review

EBM Elsman, M Al Baaj, GHMB van Rens… - survey of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Visual impairment in childhood often has life-long implications. To aim for the highest levels
of functioning, participation, and quality of life and to ensure children's well-being, children …

[HTML][HTML] Baseline MNREAD measures for normally sighted subjects from childhood to old age

A Calabrese, AMY Cheong, SH Cheung… - … & visual science, 2016 - jov.arvojournals.org
Purpose: The continuous-text reading-acuity test MNREAD is designed to measure the
reading performance of people with normal and low vision. This test is used to estimate …

Stepped care for depression and anxiety in visually impaired older adults: multicentre randomised controlled trial

HPA van der Aa, GHMB van Rens, HC Comijs… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Study question Is stepped care compared with usual care effective in preventing the onset of
major depressive, dysthymic, and anxiety disorders in older people with visual impairment …

Telerehabilitation for people with low vision

AK Bittner, PD Yoshinaga… - Cochrane Database of …, 2023 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Low vision affects over 300 million people worldwide and can compromise both
activities of daily living and quality of life. Rehabilitative training and vision assistive …

Anxiety levels moderate the association between visual acuity and health-related quality of life in chronic eye disease patients

H Senra, L Hernandez-Moreno, N Moreno… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
The current study examines the potential moderating effect of depression and anxiety on the
relationship between visual acuity and health-related quality of life in patients with chronic …