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Title: | Comparison of three orientation and mobility aids for individuals with blindness: Verbal description, audio-tactile map and audio-haptic map |
Authors: | Papadopoulos, Konstantinos Koustriava, Eleni Koukourikos, Panagiotis Kartasidou, Lefkothea Barouti, Marialena Varveris, Asimis Misiou, Marina Zacharogeorga, Timoclia Anastasiadis, Theocharis |
Type: | Article |
Subjects: | FRASCATI::Social sciences::Educational sciences::Education, special (including:to gifted persons, those with learning disabilities) FRASCATI::Social sciences::Psychology::Psychology, special (including: therapy for learning, speech, hearing, visual and other physical and mental disabilities) |
Keywords: | audio-haptic map audio-tactile map blindness spatial knowledge haptic devices |
Subjects MESH: | Orientation, Spatial Software Touch Visually Impaired Persons |
Issue Date: | 2017 |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Source: | Assistive technology : the official journal of RESNA |
Volume: | 29 |
Issue: | 1 |
First Page: | 1 |
Last Page: | 7 |
Abstract: | Disorientation and inability of wayfinding are phenomena with a great frequency for individuals with visual impairments during the process of travelling novel environments. Orientation and mobility aids could suggest important tools for the preparation of a more secure and cognitively mapped travelling. The aim of the present study was to examine if spatial knowledge structured after an individual with blindness had studied the map of an urban area that was delivered through a verbal description, an audio-tactile map or an audio-haptic map, could be used for detecting in the area specific points of interest. The effectiveness of the three aids with reference to each other was also examined. The results of the present study highlight the effectiveness of the audio-tactile and the audio-haptic maps as orientation and mobility aids, especially when these are compared to verbal descriptions. |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2016.1171809 https://ruomo.lib.uom.gr/handle/7000/458 |
ISSN: | 1040-0435 1949-3614 |
Electronic ISSN: | 1949-3614 |
Other Identifiers: | 10.1080/10400435.2016.1171809 |
Appears in Collections: | Department of Educational & Social Policy |
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