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    <title>Assistive technology for blindness and low vision</title>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Manduchi, Roberto.</namePart>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Kurniawan, Sri</namePart>
    <namePart type="date">1970-</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>CRC Press, Taylor &amp; Francis Group</publisher>
    <dateIssued>2013</dateIssued>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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    <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm>
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    <extent>xviii, 423 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>"This book provides a comprehensive overview of the current state of the art in assistive technology for persons with visual impairment, as well as extensive coverage into promising new research directions. Beginning with a brief overview of the psychopathology of low vision and blindness, the text proceeds with in-depth descriptions of current technology to support independent mobility and orientation, information access (printed information, tactile information, and computers), and life activities (education, work, entertainment), as well as future directions related to the technology for blindness and visual impairment"--Provided by publisher.</abstract>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">edited by Roberto Manduchi, Sri Kurniawan.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references and index.</note>
  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Blindness</topic>
    <topic>rehabilitation</topic>
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  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Self-Help Devices</topic>
    <topic>trends</topic>
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  <subject authority="mesh">
    <topic>Vision, Low</topic>
    <topic>rehabilitation</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">HV 1652 .A88 2013</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="23">617.7/1203</classification>
  <classification authority="nlm">WW 276</classification>
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      <title>Rehabilitation science in practice series</title>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9781439871539 (hardcover : alk. paper)</identifier>
  <identifier type="lccn">2012028120</identifier>
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