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Insulin measurement is a task all insulin dependent persons with diabetes must undertake one or more times daily. Diabetes is the leading cause of new blindness in the United States and as a result, there are many diabetics who have difficulty accomplishing safe, accurate insulin measurement independently. A variety of adaptive techniques and products are available to assist visually impaired persons with insulin measurement, but there are virtually no data available to support recommendation of any one device over another. A single-subject, alternating-treatment study was conducted with functionally blind diabetic persons to determine safety and accuracy of six leading commercial insulin measurement devices.

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The Effectiveness of Six Insulin Management Devices for Blind Diabetic Persons

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