Sökning: "visually impaired persons"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 avhandlingar innehållade orden visually impaired persons.

  1. 1. Servicescapes seen by visually impaired travellers : Time-geography approach to servicescape research

    Författare :Alma Raissova; Institutionen för tjänstevetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; servicescape; time-geography; constraints; tactics; blind; visually impaired persons; servicescape; tidsgeografi; begränsningar; taktik; blinda; synskadade;

    Sammanfattning : Knowledge gaps remain in the study of servicescapes, since existing research on servicescapes tends to ignore major advances in the understanding of space and time as social phenomena. One aspect that particularly requires further study is how emerging constraints influence customers’ interactions with organized service places. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Design for all Senses. Accessible Spaces for Visually Impaired Citizens

    Författare :Marta Dischinger; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
    Nyckelord :TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; design methods; spatial perception; urban accessibility; visual impairments; universal design;

    Sammanfattning : The central purpose of this study is to contribute to our knowledge of designing in a way that can be supported by the knowledge of the situation, and by the experience and expectations of those who are affected by design. In this case it means to enable us to find methods that can support the development of design actions to improve the accessibility of public open urban places for visually impaired persons, enhancing their perception and understanding of space, increasing their possibilities of orientating and taking independent decisions, and enabling them participate in the city life. LÄS MER

  4. 3. On visual impairment in Swedish children

    Författare :Jonas Blohmé; Lund Oftalmologi; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Ophtalmology; Sweden; sociology; mortality; outcome; epidemiology; registration; childhood blindness; Visual impairment; children; Oftalmologi;

    Sammanfattning : Knowledge of the epidemiology of visual impairment in children forms one of the cornerstones in paediatric ophthalmology. To gain an overview of the situation in Sweden an epidemiological study was performed. Totally 2373 visually impaired children were found, giving an age-specific prevalence of 10,9/10 000. Childhood blindness (i. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Förskjutna horisonter. Livsförändring och lärande i samband med synnedsättning eller blindhet

    Författare :Inger Berndtsson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; life-changing processes; learning; biography; adults; visual impairment; blindness; life-world; phenomenology; hermeneutics; narratives; life stories; special education; the lived body; horizon;

    Sammanfattning : This study is an investigation of life-worlds of severely visually impaired and blind adults. The aim is to understand changes which people undergo when struck by severe visual impairment or blindness, focusing on how people learn to handle their changed life situation. LÄS MER

  7. 5. The Influence of Modality Combinations on Communication in Collaborative Virtual Environments

    Författare :Jonas Moll; Eva-Lotta Sallnäs-Pysander; Kerstin Severinson Eklundh; Stephen Brewster; KTH; []
    Nyckelord :NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Haptics; Audio; Multimodality; Collaboration; Communication;

    Sammanfattning : Although many studies have been performed on collaboration in multimodal interfaces not many of these have looked specifically on how the supported modalities influence the task solving strategies chosen and the communication between users solving a joint task in collaborative virtual environments. Therefore, the thesis studies performed aimed at shedding light on these aspects of multimodality. LÄS MER