The Russell Pathsounder has been used successfully as a secondary travel aid to enable a partially sighted man to retain his job as a floor supervisor in a sheltered workshop, and to enable a neurologically impaired teenager, dependent on a support cane, to develop outdoor orientation and mobility skills. These somewhat unique applications of the Pathsounder indicate that, despite an apparent consensus of disappointment in electronic travel aids, these aids can play a very important part in O&M and in developing a creative approach to the rehabilitation of visually impaired clients with complex needs.
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