Vision substitution and depth perception: Early blind subjects experience visual perspective through their ears

Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 175-183

  Renier, Laurent ^a   De Volder, Anne G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Perceptual learning; Sensory disability; Sensory substitution; Spatial processing; Vision rehabilitation; Visual deprivation; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; ADULT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; COMMUNICATION AID; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; HUMAN; MALE; TIME; VISION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BLINDNESS; COMMUNICATION AIDS FOR DISABLED; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SENSORY AIDS; TIME FACTORS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 77951683886     PISSN: 17483107     EISSN: 17483115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17483100903253936     Document Type: Article

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