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Nonvisual Cues for Aligning to Cross Streets
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Scott, Alan C.; Barlow, Janet M.; Guth, David A.; Bentzen, Billie Louise; Cunningham, Christopher M.; Long, Richard – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
Accurately aligning to a crosswalk is an important component of safe street crossing for pedestrians who are blind. Six alignment cues were evaluated in a simulated crosswalk environment in which the angle of the crosswalk was not always in line with the slope of the ramp. The effectiveness of each cue is reported and implications are discussed.…
Descriptors: Cues, Blindness, Visual Impairments, Travel Training
Walking between the Lines: Nonvisual Cues for Maintaining Headings during Street Crossings
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Scott, Alan C.; Barlow, Janet M.; Guth, David A.; Bentzen, Billie Louise; Cunningham, Christopher M.; Long, Richard – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 2011
Five cues were evaluated with respect to their usefulness in directing the headings of pedestrians who were blind during street crossings. The study was conducted at a simulated crosswalk, with the angle of the crosswalk varied relative to the approach and direction of the slope of the ramp. Three cues worked well over the distance equivalent to…
Descriptors: Cues, Visual Impairments, Blindness, Travel Training
Special Theme Section--Representation and Blindness: The Effect of Extended Acoustic Training on Spatial Updating in Adults Who Are Congenitally Blind.
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Easton, Randolph D.; Bentzen, Billie Louise – Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 1999
A study, including research and practice notes by various authors, investigated whether extended training in an acoustically rich environment could enhance the spatial updating ability of 12 adults with congenital blindness. After training, the adults' distance perception from a home-base location and novel locations was superior to a sighted…
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Blindness
Orientation Maps for Visually Impaired Persons
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Bentzen, Billie Louise – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1977
Descriptors: Design Requirements, Maps, Orientation Materials, Tactile Adaptation