abstract background and aim: visual impairment affects people's quality of life. since the effect of rehabilitation services is measured by improving in quality of life, this study was performed to evaluate the effect of rehabilitation services on quality of life in the blind. materials and methods: 121 blind and low vision people who covered by zahedan welfare organization were studied by...

Objectives: The blind and visually disabled people form a predominant group in the disabled society and hence, need greater attention. Most of the rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, do not focus on this group. Thus, the aim of the study is to shed light on the issue of negligent attitude of rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, toward blind a...

purpose: vision disorders are closely associated with poverty, particularly blindness. we determined the prevalence of low vision and blindness in different socioeconomic levels. our goal was determination of correlation between socioeconomic determinants and visual acuity in varamin city. methods: this community based study was done on 2737 people over the age of 50 years, living varamin city ...

objectives: the blind and visually disabled people form a predominant group in the disabled society and hence, need greater attention. most of the rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, do not focus on this group. thus, the aim of the study is to shed light on the issue of negligent attitude of rehabilitation therapists, especially occupational therapists, toward blind a...

This paper presents a novel approach for automatic people counting in videos captured through a conventional closed-circuit television (CCTV) using computer vision techniques. The proposed approach consists of detecting and tracking moving objects in video scenes to further counting them when they enters into a virtual counting zone defined in the scene. One of the main problems of using conven...

Introduction: The development of coping strategies as well the support tailored to needs people with low vision allow for minimizing existing limitations. In this context, recognizing one’s developmental situation is key importance, identifying factors helpful in developing potential particular. These undoubtedly include resources at disposal suffering from vision. Research Aim: aim research di...