A demonstration project on driving with reduced visual acuity and a bioptic telescope system in the Netherlands

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 7-22

  Melis Dankers, Bart J M ^a,b   Kooijman, Aart C ^a,b   Brouwer, Wiebo H ^b   Busscher, Rens B ^b   Bredewoud, Ruud A ^c   Derksen, Peter H ^a   Amersfoort, Anoeska ^a   Ijsseldijk, Martin A M ^a   Van Delden, Geert W ^a   Grotenhuis, Thea H P A ^a   Witvliet, Jaap M D ^a  

^a Visio National Foundation for the Blind   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Netherlands Bureau of Driving Skills Certificates   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Europe; Fitness to drive; Optics; Orientation and mobility training; Vision rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; BIOPTIC TELESCOPE SYSTEM; COGNITION; DRIVING ABILITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FITNESS; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ORIENTATION; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKILL; SPECTACLES; THERAPY EFFECT; TRAFFIC SAFETY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 45949087684     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350802053707     Document Type: Article

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