Dr. John A. Brabyn

The Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute, Rehabilitation Engineering Research Center (RERC), 2318 Fillmore Street, San Francisco, California 94115-1821, United States of America.
Tel: +1 415 345 2110; Fax: +1 415 345 8455
Email: brabyn@ski.org
Web: www.ski.org/Rehab/

Interests

Dr. John Brabyn's research interests are in blindness, visual impairment and their rehabilitation.

Current projects

Fundamental Issues in Wayfinding Technologies

Publications

West, C. G., Gildengorin, G., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Schneck, M. E., Lott, L. A. & Brabyn, J. A. (2002) Is vision function related to physical functional ability in older adults? Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 50(1), 136-145.

Brabyn, J. A., Schneck, M. E., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G. & Lott, L. A. (2001) The Smith-Kettlewell Institute longitudinal study of vision function and its impact among the elderly: an overview. Optometry and Vision Science, 78(5), 264-269, May.

Lott, L. A., Schneck, M. E., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Brabyn, J. A., Gildengorin, G. & West, C. G. (2001) Reading performance in older adults with good acuity. Optometry and Vision Science, 78(5), 316-324, May.

Brabyn, J. A., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Schneck, M. E. & Lott, L. A. (2000) Visual impairments in elderly people under everyday viewing conditions. Journal of Visual Impairments & Blindness, 94(12), 741-755.

Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Schneck, M. E., Lott, L. A. & Brabyn, J. A. (2000) The relation between visual acuity and other spatial vision measures. Optometry and Vision Science, 77(12), 653-662, December.

Schneck, M. E., Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Lott, L. A. & Brabyn, J. A. (2000) Ocular contributions to age-related loss in coarse stereopsis. Optometry and Vision Science, 77(10), 531-536, October.

Haegerstrom-Portnoy, G., Schneck, M. E. & Brabyn, J. A. (1999) Seeing into old age: vision function beyond acuity. Optometry and Vision Science, 76(3),141-158, March.

Crandall, R. W., Gerrey, W. & Brabyn, J. A. (1994) Remote reading for visually impaired people: a new application for telecommunications. Technology and Disability Telecommunications, 3(3), August.