Isolating the effects of visual impairment: exploring the effect of AMD on the utility of multimodal feedback

Julie A. Jacko, Leon Barnard, Thitima Kongnakorn, Kevin P. Moloney, Paula J. Edwards, V. Kathlene Emery, Francois Sainfort

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Abstract

This study examines the effects of multimodal feedback on the performance of older adults with an ocular disease, Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD), when completing a simple computer-based task. Visually healthy older users (n = 6) and older users with AMD (n = 6) performed a series of drag-and-drop tasks that incorporated a variety of different feedback modalities. The user groups were equivalent with respect to traditional visual function metrics and measured subject cofactors, aside from the presence or absence of AMD. Results indicate that users with AMD exhibited decreased performance, with respect to required feedback exposure time. Some non-visual and multimodal feedback forms show potential as solutions to enhance performance, for those with AMD as well as for visually healthy older adults.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Place of PublicationNew York, NY, USA
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages311–318
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)978-1-58113-702-6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2004
EventConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2004 - Vienna, Austria
Duration: 24 Apr 200429 Apr 2004

Publication series

NameCHI '04
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery

Conference

ConferenceConference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2004
Abbreviated titleCHI 2004
Country/TerritoryAustria
CityVienna
Period24/04/0429/04/04

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • visually impaired users
  • visual impairment
  • visual feedback
  • universal access
  • multimodality
  • multimodal feedback
  • age-related macular degeneration (AMD)

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