New Projects at Smith-Kettlewell on Blindness and Low Vision

Date & Time

Tuesday, March 14, 2023 - 11:20 AM PST  

Location

Grand AB  

Description

Smith-Kettlewell is proud to announce a new five-year award of the Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC) grant on Blindness and Low Vision. This award is from the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research. It supports Smith-Kettlewell as a center promoting the independence and well-being of people with visual impairments through research and development to improve the understanding of, and provide solutions for, challenges facing the blind and low-vision community. The new RERC grant will support a total of eight projects within three main areas of focus, led both by researchers at Smith-Kettlewell and by outside collaborators. These projects include: (a) Access to education and information: Audio-Tactile Media, AI-Enhanced Video Accessibility for YouDescribe and a Smith-Kettlewell Summer Institute; (b) Navigation and spatial interactions: Mobilizing Non-Visual Digital Maps, VR Tools and Training to Improve Auditory Environmental Perception and AI Tools for Micro-Navigation; and (c) Optimizing function with residual vision: Assessment and Rehab of Higher Visual Function Deficits for Cerebral Visual Impairment and Strategies to Improve Walking Safety with Central Field Loss. In this session, leaders of most of these projects will give details of their plans and potential opportunities for collaboration.  

Audience

• Disability Specific
• Healthcare & Rehabilitation
• Research & Development

Audience Level

Intermediate  

Session Summary (Abstract)

Learn about the new Smith-Kettlewell Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center and its research and development projects focusing on blindness and low vision.  

Primary Topic

Blind/Low Vision  

Secondary Topics

• Education
• Emerging Technologies
• Healthcare & Rehabilitation
• Independent Living

 

Session Type

General Track  

Presenters

• James Coughlan
  Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
• Christopher Toth
  Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
• Natela Shanidze
  Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute
• Yue-Ting Siu
  San Francisco State University

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