Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment

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Main Authors: Gamage, Bhanuka, Holloway, Leona, McDowell, Nicola, Do, Thanh-Toan, Price, Nicholas Seow Chiang, Lowery, Arthur James, Marriott, Kim
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Published: 2025
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author Gamage, Bhanuka
Holloway, Leona
McDowell, Nicola
Do, Thanh-Toan
Price, Nicholas Seow Chiang
Lowery, Arthur James
Marriott, Kim
author_facet Gamage, Bhanuka
Holloway, Leona
McDowell, Nicola
Do, Thanh-Toan
Price, Nicholas Seow Chiang
Lowery, Arthur James
Marriott, Kim
contents Over the past decade, considerable research has been directed towards assistive technologies to support people with vision impairments using machine learning, computer vision, image enhancement, and/or augmented/virtual reality. However, this has almost totally overlooked a growing demographic: people with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI). Unlike Ocular Vision Impairments (OVI), CVI arises from damage to the brain's visual processing centres. This paper introduces CVI and reveals a wide research gap in addressing the needs of this demographic. Through a scoping review, we identified 14 papers at the intersection of these technologies and CVI. Of these, only three papers described assistive technologies focused on people living with CVI, with the others focusing on diagnosis, understanding, simulation or rehabilitation. Our findings highlight the opportunity for the Human-Computer Interaction and Assistive Technologies research community to explore and address this underrepresented domain, thereby enhancing the quality of life for people with CVI.
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spellingShingle Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment
Gamage, Bhanuka
Holloway, Leona
McDowell, Nicola
Do, Thanh-Toan
Price, Nicholas Seow Chiang
Lowery, Arthur James
Marriott, Kim
Human-Computer Interaction
Over the past decade, considerable research has been directed towards assistive technologies to support people with vision impairments using machine learning, computer vision, image enhancement, and/or augmented/virtual reality. However, this has almost totally overlooked a growing demographic: people with Cerebral Visual Impairment (CVI). Unlike Ocular Vision Impairments (OVI), CVI arises from damage to the brain's visual processing centres. This paper introduces CVI and reveals a wide research gap in addressing the needs of this demographic. Through a scoping review, we identified 14 papers at the intersection of these technologies and CVI. Of these, only three papers described assistive technologies focused on people living with CVI, with the others focusing on diagnosis, understanding, simulation or rehabilitation. Our findings highlight the opportunity for the Human-Computer Interaction and Assistive Technologies research community to explore and address this underrepresented domain, thereby enhancing the quality of life for people with CVI.
title Broadening Our View: Assistive Technology for Cerebral Visual Impairment
topic Human-Computer Interaction
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.21875