Guiding a person with blindness and intellectual disability in indoor travel with fewer auditory cues

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 609-614

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a   O'Reilly, Mark F ^b   Oliva, Doretta ^c   Bracalente, Sandro ^d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c Lega F D'Oro Research Center   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; SPATIAL ORIENTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRAVEL;

EID: 0031695042     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0145482x9809200904     Document Type: Article

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