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Detection of warning surfaces in pedestrian environments: The importance for blind people of kerbs, depth, and structure of tactile surfaces.

In English

Författare

Summary, in English

Purpose. The overall purpose was to study whether and how persons with blindness detect warning surfaces with a long white cane in a real pedestrian environment after following a natural guidance surface to the warning surfaces. Of particular interest was the importance of kerb, depth, and structure of the warning surfaces. Method. A concurrently mixed methods approach, with a combination of observation using a structured form together with 'think aloud' and a structured interview, was used. It was done with well-defined samples and study sites in an inter-disciplinary research context. Results. The results show that the most important design characteristic for detection of the warning surfaces with a white cane is the structure of the surface, while the depth of the surface and availability of a kerb do not have any impact on the detection. A precondition was that there is a distinct natural guidance surface leading up to the warning surface. Conclusions. The probability among pedestrians with blindness to detect a tactile surface is not higher if the design solution has a kerb. This study also confirms the complexity of being a blind pedestrian in the traffic environment. The results can be used for evidence-based physical planning. The study also has implications for development of more efficient vision rehabilitation.

Publiceringsår

2010

Språk

Engelska

Sidor

469-482

Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volym

32

Issue

6

Dokumenttyp

Artikel i tidskrift

Förlag

Taylor & Francis

Ämne

  • Other Medical Sciences not elsewhere specified

Status

Published

Forskningsgrupp

  • Sustainable occupations and health in a life course perspective

ISBN/ISSN/Övrigt

  • ISSN: 0963-8288