title: [Development of a low vision aid device].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Departamento de Oftalmologia, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil. bonatti@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Fernanda Alves da Silva
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Bonatti
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D006801:Humans; D007909:Lenses; D012682:Sensory Aids; D015354:Vision, Low / Q000534:rehabilitation*