PURPOSE: The aim of this pilot study was to assess the driving performance and the @entity227 , that is, eye and @entity910 , of @entity1 with @entity726 in comparison to healthy-sighted subjects during a simulated driving test. METHODS: Driving performance and gaze behavior of six @entity726 @entity1 and eight healthy-sighted age- and sex-matched control subjects were compared in an advanced driving simulator. All subjects underwent a 40-minute driving test including nine hazardous situations on city and rural roads. Fitness to drive was assessed by a masked driving instructor according to the requirements of the official German driving test. Several driving performance measures were investigated: lane position, time to line crossing, and speed. Additionally, eye and @entity910 were tracked and analyzed. RESULTS: Three out of six @entity726 @entity1 passed the driving test and their driving performance was indistinguishable from that of the control group. @entity1 who passed the test showed an increased visual exploration in comparison to @entity1 who failed; that is, they showed increased number of head and gaze movements toward eccentric regions. Furthermore, @entity1 who failed the test showed a rightward bias in average lane position, probably in an attempt to maximize the safety margin to oncoming traffic. CONCLUSIONS: Our study suggests that a considerable subgroup of subjects with binocular glaucomatous @entity227 shows a safe driving behavior in a virtual reality environment, because they adapt their viewing behavior by increasing their visual scanning. Hence, binocular @entity227 does not necessarily influence driving safety. We recommend that more individualized driving assessments, which will take into account the @entity1 's ability to compensate, are required.

Driving with XXXX : Task Performance and Gaze Movements.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['Patients', 'patients', 'patient'] @entity227 :: ('MESH:D014786', 'Disease') :: ['visual search behavior', 'visual field loss'] @entity726 :: ('MESH:D005901', 'Disease') :: ['glaucoma'] @entity910 :: ('MESH:D004409', 'Disease') :: ['head movements']
@entity726 :: (MESH:D005901,Disease) :: ['Glaucoma']
