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Novel tactile bottle neck adaptor facilitates eye drop adherence in visually impaired patients

BMJ Open Ophthalmology, 2023
Purpose To test the use of Ring-IT, a novel 3D tactile bottle neck adaptor in topical eye drop adherence in visually impaired patients.Methods Bottle neck ring adaptors with either one, two or three protrusions with cube or sphere endings were designed ...
David Friedman, Zhenyang Zhao, Praveena K Gupta, Rhys Ishihara, Shahin Owji, Easy Anyama, Mary Schmitz-Brown, Aisen C Chacin, Bhavani Iyer, Malik Said Ladki   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Low vision aids: A boon

Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2013
Dear Friends, It gives me great pleasure to write the last summer editorial of this Diamond Jubilee year of Indian Journal of Ophthalmology (IJO). We live in an era when technology in every field is growing exponentially. High tech gadgets have given us innumerable ways to improve our quality of life.
openaire   +3 more sources

GazePrompt: Enhancing Low Vision People's Reading Experience with Gaze-Aware Augmentations [PDF]

International Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Reading is a challenging task for low vision people. While conventional low vision aids (e.g., magnification) offer certain support, they cannot fully address the difficulties faced by low vision users, such as locating the next line and distinguishing ...
Ru Wang, Zach Potter, Yun Ho, Daniel Killough, Linxiu Zeng, Sanbrita Mondal, Yuhang Zhao   +6 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Commute Booster: A Mobile Application for First/Last Mile and Middle Mile Navigation Support for People With Blindness and Low Vision

IEEE Journal of Translational Engineering in Health and Medicine, 2023
Objective: People with blindness and low vision face substantial challenges when navigating both indoor and outdoor environments. While various solutions are available to facilitate travel to and from public transit hubs, there is a notable absence of ...
Junchi Feng, Mahya Beheshti, Mira Philipson, Yuvraj Ramsaywack, Maurizio Porfiri, John-Ross Rizzo   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Design of an Augmented Reality Magnification Aid for Low Vision Users

International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility, 2018
Augmented reality (AR) systems that enhance visual capabilities could make text and other fine details more accessible for low vision users, improving independence and quality of life.
Lee Stearns, Leah Findlater, Jon E. Froehlich   +2 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Infant Embryonal CNS Tumors: Molecular Insights and Treatment Considerations for Contemporary Pediatric Neuro‐Oncology

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Embryonal tumors comprise the majority of malignant central nervous system (CNS) neoplasms diagnosed in children under 3 years of age. Compared with their counterparts in older children, these tumors exhibit distinct molecular biology and a more aggressive clinical phenotype, while their management is complicated by the heightened ...
Sudarshawn Damodharan, Mariah Wright‐Nadkarni, Mohamed S. Abdelbaki, Girish Dhall   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Visual impairment secondary to congenital glaucoma in children: visual responses, optical correction and use of low vision AIDS

Clinics, 2009
INTRODUCTION: Congenital glaucoma is frequently associated with visual impairment due to optic nerve damage, corneal opacities, cataracts and amblyopia.
Maria Aparecida Onuki Haddad, Marcos Wilson Sampaio, Ernst Werner Oltrogge, Newton Kara-José, Alberto Jorge Betinjane   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Derivation and characterization of retinal pigment epithelium from urine‐derived iPSCs

FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.
Age‐related macular degeneration causes vision loss via RPE dysfunction and loss. Traditional iPSC therapies rely on invasive biopsies, limiting scalability. Here, we utilize urine‐derived stem cells as an accessible source to generate u‐iPSCs, successfully differentiated into pigmented RPE. This “Urine‐to‐Retina” platform provides a promising path for
Daniella Beiner, Hainan Zhu, Carol Christine Bosholm, Heuy‐Ching Wang, Tracy Criswell, Anthony Atala, Jian‐Xing Ma, Yuanyuan Zhang   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dataset of Public Objects in Uncontrolled Environment for Navigation Aiding

Data, 2023
Computer vision is a new approach to navigation aiding that assists visually impaired people to travel independently. A deep learning-based solution implemented on a portable device that uses a monocular camera to capture public objects could be a low ...
Teng-Lai Wong, Ka-Seng Chou, Kei-Long Wong, Su-Kit Tang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sex Representation in US Stroke Clinical Trials: A Decade of Trends and Challenges

Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Objective Stroke remains a major cause of disability and mortality in the US, with significant sex‐based disparities, and females remain underrepresented in stroke clinical trials. We aimed to examine sex representation in US‐based stroke clinical trials, identify trial characteristics associated with higher female enrollment (≥ 50%), and ...
Chaitali Dagli, Mudasir Andrabi, Tova Cohen, Pranali G. Patel, Tapasya Katta, Chen Lin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source