'visual' acuity of the congenitally blind using visual-to-auditory sensory substitution

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Striem Amit, Ella ^a   Guendelman, Miriam ^a   Amedi, Amir ^a,b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONGENITAL BLINDNESS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL DEVICE; REHABILITATION CARE; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM EXAMINATION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; VISUAL THRESHOLD; VISUAL TO AUDITORY SENSORY SUBSTITUTION DEVICE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BLINDNESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; ADULT; BLINDNESS; FACIAL EXPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENSORY AIDS; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858403178     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0033136     Document Type: Article

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