Clinical Research Directory

Research and Development of Reading Visual Aids for Low-Vision Individuals Based on Virtual Reality Technology

Low vision substantially impairs reading ability and educational participation in adolescents. Existing assistive technologies, including optical magnifiers and electronic visual aids, are often limited by fragmented system architectures and insufficient support for multimodal cognitive processing. This study aimed to develop and evaluate a virtual reality (VR)-based intelligent reading aid integrating image enhancement, optical character recognition (OCR), text-to-speech (TTS), and large language model (LLM)-based semantic summarization for low-vision users.

Biofeedback in Idiopathic Infantile Nystagmus Syndrome

Active eye movement control training, an old and still most prevalent intervention in low vision rehabilitation (LVR) was never used in nystagmus clinically. Biofeedback training (BT) is the latest and newest technique for oculomotor control training in cases with low vision when using available modules in the new microperimetry instruments. Laboratory studies in the literature highlighted positive benefits from using BT in nystagmus cases. The purpose of this study is to assess systematically the impact of BT in a series of cases with Infantile Idiopathic Nystagmus (IIN) and formulate guidelines for further use of this intervention in nystagmus cases in general.