The purpose of this two-year project is to evaluate the effectiveness of three commercially available pedestrian street crossing signals compared to a typical pedestrian traffic light signal as a control. Also, two visual crossing signals will also be tested for their usefulness for individuals with low vision. Although efforts have been made to develop Accessible Pedestrian Signals for the totally blind traveler, little attention has been paid to the problem of developing more effective visual signals for the partially sighted individual. This three-year project will examine demographic, programmatic, and functional status data from an estimated 10,000 blinded veterans gathered by 92 Visual Impairment Service Team Coordinators in the course of their administration of the veterans annual reviews. It will compare this data with functional status data gathered by research project staff through telephone interviews of an estimated 5,000 blinded veterans.
Coordinators assume responsibility for data collection and input.
Functional outcomes of visually impaired veterans. Mobility training outcomes. The 9th International Mobility Conference . Outcome assessment of the rehabilitation of aging veterans with visual disability. Georgia State University.