Robot training to help you use a reading magnifier
Part of Brain & nervous system, Eyes & vision clinical trials.
This study tests a “socially assistive robot” that coaches and supports you in using your reading magnifier. It may help you use the device more easily and comfortably for reading tasks.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You are 18 years or older and have vision loss from an eye problem
- You received your magnification device from the UCLA Vision Rehabilitation Center
- You can attend the study sessions and visits as scheduled (and won’t be moving or on long vacation)
- You can understand the study steps and consistently tell the team what you see and how it feels
- You have enough hearing to follow instructions by phone and hear communication from the robot
- Your magnifier device must fit with special sensors (a place to hold it, and/or enough attachable surface for the sensors)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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