Smartphone Usage in Patients with Optic Atrophy

Chun, Robert; Bhakhri, Raman; Coalter, John; Jay, Walter M.

doi:10.3109/01658107.2012.710923

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“… 3 Miyake and colleagues 4 were among the first to report on the use of an iPad as a magnification device in 13 low vision patients and its beneficial effect on reading speed and print size, whereby the users indicated that the iPad was more comfortable than traditional devices. Similarly, Chun and colleagues 5 investigated the use of smartphones by members of the low vision community and reported that their 12 visually impaired participants found the voice-activated options extremely user-friendly. Crossland and colleagues 6 reported on the responses of 132 individuals with visual impairment to a survey on technology use, focusing on smartphones, tablets, and e-readers, and found that most respondents gained considerable benefit from these devices, independent of their level of vision, given their accessibility features.…”

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Effectiveness of the Apple iPad as a Spot-reading Magnifier

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“…A similar, smaller study of 12 people with optic atrophy has been performed in the USA . Although our study is far larger, it is still not representative of the wider population of people with vision impairment.…”

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Smartphone, tablet computer and e‐reader use by people with vision impairment

Crossland

Silva

Macedo

2014

Ophthalmic Physiologic Optic

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Purpose Consumer electronic devices such as smartphones, tablet computers, and e‐book readers have become far more widely used in recent years. Many of these devices contain accessibility features such as large print and speech. Anecdotal experience suggests people with vision impairment frequently make use of these systems. Here we survey people with self‐identified vision impairment to determine their use of this equipment. Method An internet‐based survey was advertised to people with vision impairment by word of mouth, social media, and online. Respondents were asked demographic information, what devices they owned, what they used these devices for, and what accessibility features they used. Results One hundred and thirty‐two complete responses were received. Twenty‐six percent of the sample reported that they had no vision and the remainder reported they had low vision. One hundred and seven people (81%) reported using a smartphone. Those with no vision were as likely to use a smartphone or tablet as those with low vision. Speech was found useful by 59% of smartphone users. Fifty‐one percent of smartphone owners used the camera and screen as a magnifier. Forty‐eight percent of the sample used a tablet computer, and 17% used an e‐book reader. The most frequently cited reason for not using these devices included cost and lack of interest. Conclusions Smartphones, tablet computers, and e‐book readers can be used by people with vision impairment. Speech is used by people with low vision as well as those with no vision. Many of our (self‐selected) group used their smartphone camera and screen as a magnifier, and others used the camera flash as a spotlight.

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“…With the “Eye Handbook”, physician can e-mail the required education material to the patient directly from his smartphone, which is a great feature ( 3 ). Patients with severe visual impairment can use applications such as voice–activated assistant to cope with daily activities ( 17 ). Smart phones can be also used for tracking and monitoring of disabled patients with use of its Global Positioning System (GPS) ( 10 ).…”

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The Use of Smart phones in Ophthalmology

Zvorničanin¹,

Hadžiefendić

2014

Acta Inform Med

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Smart phones are being increasingly used among health professionals. Ophthalmological applications are widely available and can turn smart phones into sophisticated medical devices. Smart phones can be useful instruments for the practice of evidence-based medicine, professional education, mobile clinical communication, patient education, disease self-management, remote patient monitoring or as powerful administrative tools. Several applications are available for different ophthalmological examinations that can assess visual acuity, color vision, astigmatism, pupil size, Amsler grid test and more. Smart phones can be useful ophthalmic devices for taking images of anterior and posterior eye segment. Professional literature and educational material for patients are easily available with use of smart phones. Smart phones can store great amount of informations and are useful for long term monitoring with caution for patient confidentiality. The use of smart phones especially as diagnostic tools is not standardized and results should be carefully considered. Innovative role of smartphone technology and its use in research, education and information sharing makes smart phones a future of ophthalmology and medicine.

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Smartphone Usage in Patients with Optic Atrophy

Cited by 11 publications

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Effectiveness of the Apple iPad as a Spot-reading Magnifier

Effectiveness of the Apple iPad as a Spot-reading Magnifier

Smartphone, tablet computer and e‐reader use by people with vision impairment

The Use of Smart phones in Ophthalmology

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