Department of Welfare System and Health Science, Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University
Department of Welfare System and Health Science, Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University
When vision impaired people walk alone, they need to recall various environmental cues from beforehand. The cues include auditory, haptic, olfactory, and visual information obtained from the environment. Without them, they are unable to negotiate with their environment to establish orientation in certain locations. It is not always easy to maintain those clues and to confirm them at the locations over the distance they would travel. Thus, a travel by visually impaired becomes stressful. To lessen this stress, various mobility aids have been developed. 0ne of the representative examples are tactile tiles paved on ground or floor. They appear to be effective from the experience of its use for over twenty years in Japan. We think however that the tactile guiding system can be improved to a better form to enhance safety and convenience of vision impaired to travel alone. In this paper, we discuss mainly about the necessity of tactile guiding systems for the vision impaired and evaluation methods for tactile tiles.
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岡山県立大学保健福祉学部
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岡山県立大学保健福祉学部紀要
雑誌名(英)
Bulletin of Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University
視覚障害者誘導用点字タイルの現状と課題
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