A system for enabling blind people to identify landmarks: The sound buoy

IEEE Transactions on Rehabilitation Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 276-278

  Blenkhorn, P ^a   Evans, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blindness; Mobility; Orientation; Sound beacon

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC DEVICES; TRANSCEIVERS;

BLINDNESS; SOUND BEACON;

MOBILITY AIDS FOR BLIND PERSONS;

ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 0031239982     PISSN: 10636528     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/86.623019     Document Type: Article

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