[Development of a low vision aid device].
OBJECTIVE
To develop the design of a near low vision aid that has esthetic and functional qualities intending to give its user a better life quality.


METHODS
To verify low vision people's main needs concerning the current devices for near distance; to identify possible design interventions to make a project that fulfills their main needs.


RESULTS
A prototype having a reading stand tied to the end of a magnifier that moves horizontally and vertically permitting the horizontal reading of a text line was developed.


CONCLUSIONS
The developed device fulfills low vision people's visual and handling needs for near distance, contributing to the easiness to read and write.
Bonatti
Fernanda Alves da Silva
FA
Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. bonatti@uol.com.br
D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007909:Lenses; D012682:Sensory Aids; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000534:rehabilitation*