The Center’s research goal is to develop and apply new scientific knowledge and practical, cost-effective devices to better understand and address the real-world problems of blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind consumers. The RERC has many ongoing R&D projects and collaborative
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John Brabyn
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Helen J. Simon
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Deborah Gilden
It has long been known that good blind travelers use a variety of obvious and unobvious auditory cues to help them navigate, and we know that they include echolocation and sound shadows. This project is an attempt to gain more detailed information about the acoustic nature of the information they find so useful.
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Rehabilitation Engineering Research CenterThe Center's research goal is to develop and apply new scientific knowledge and practical, cost-effective devices to better understand and address the real-world problems of blind, visually impaired, and deaf-blind...
John BrabynIt has been my honor to serve as The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute’s Executive Director since 2011. Previously, I have […]