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most citedMulti-faceted Sensory Substitution for Curb Alerting: A Pilot Investigation in Persons with Blindness and Low Vision

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q-bio.QM2026

A multimodal computer-vision based pipeline for eye-hand coordination quantification during the Nine-Hole Peg Test

Rajvardhan Gadde*, Mahya Beheshti*, Anjali Rajkumar +3

The Nine-Hole Peg Test (9-HPT) is a widely used clinical measure of manual dexterity in multiple sclerosis (MS), but its primary outcome, task completion time, provides limited inf…

cs.CV2026

Evaluating OCR Performance for Assistive Technology: Effects of Walking Speed, Camera Placement, and Camera Type

Junchi Feng, Nikhil Ballem, Mahya Beheshti +5

Optical character recognition (OCR), a process that converts printed or handwritten text into machine-readable form, is widely used in assistive technology for people with blindnes…

cs.HC2026

A Multimodal Assistive System for Product Localization and Retrieval for People who are Blind or have Low Vision

Ligao Ruan, Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Mahya Beheshti +3

Shopping is a routine activity for sighted individuals, yet for people who are blind or have low vision (pBLV), locating and retrieving products in physical environments remains a…

q-bio.NC2025

Selective disruption of reach-related saccade timing following a middle-cerebral artery stroke

Mahya Beheshti, Todd E Hudson, Rajvardhan Gadde +4

Background: Coordinated control of eye and hand movements is critical for nearly all goal-directed actions, underpinning tasks ranging from simple object manipulation to complex to…

q-bio.QM2025

Head and Eye Control in Persons with Low Vision during Urban Navigation

Mahya Beheshti, John_Ross Rizzo, Sarah Bergquist-Kosumi +3

Low vision involves a range of visual impairments that significantly impact daily activities, particularly navigation in urban environments. Individuals with low vision often devel…

q-bio.NC2025

Residual Gaze Behavior During Navigation in Blindness and Low Vision

Junchi Feng, Fernanda Garcia-Pina, Mahya Beheshti +3

Background: Outdoor navigation poses significant challenges for people with blindness or low vision, yet the role of gaze behavior in supporting mobility remains underexplored. Ful…

cs.HC2024★ 1 cited

Multi-faceted Sensory Substitution for Curb Alerting: A Pilot Investigation in Persons with Blindness and Low Vision

Ligao Ruan, Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Mahya Beheshti +3

Curbs -- the edge of a raised sidewalk at the point where it meets a street -- crucial in urban environments where they help delineate safe pedestrian zones, from dangerous vehicul…

cs.HC2024

Haptics-based, higher-order Sensory Substitution designed for Object Negotiation in Blindness and Low Vision: Virtual Whiskers

Junchi Feng, Giles Hamilton-Fletcher, Todd E Hudson +3

People with blindness and low vision (pBLV) face challenges in navigating. Mobility aids are crucial for enhancing independence and safety. This paper presents an electronic travel…