Oxyopia Abstract

May 17, 2002
Noon
489 Minor Hall

Joanne M. Wood, PhD
Center for Eye Research, School of Optometry, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia
Host: Christine Wildsoet

Title

"Vision and driving studies under closed and open road conditions"

Abstract

In previous studies we have investigated how vision and visual impairment affected driving performance under closed road conditions. We found that both simulated and actual visual impairment can significantly reduce driving performance, with cataracts and visual field defects having the greatest effect. Importantly, the reduction in driving performance with visual impairment was greatest for older drivers. In this presentation, an overview of ongoing studies will be given. The studies to be discussed involved both closed road- and open road-conditions as well as day- and night-time driving. Elderly subjects with a range of visual impairments resulting from cataracts, glaucoma or age-related macular degeneration were included in these studies.

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