Describes a sequential training curriculum in the use of telescopic visual aids. Covers 29 topics, including aid maintenance, holding aid properly, focusing, scanning, target location, tracking, aid use for city bus travel, in a shopping center, and in a fast food type restaurant. For each topic gives specific objective of the training, procedure to follow, and questions for use in evaluating student performance.
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