Sensory recognition of environment and reorganization of daily activities for subjects who experienced sudden loss of vision ; A qualitative study for the barrier-free environment.

本研究的目的是了解失明者感觉识别和日常生活适应的意义。在研究的前一部分，我们设计了参与式实验，通过戴眼罩来模拟盲人的情况。逐步测试了三种情况。起初，受试者只是坐着，体验失明。第二，鼓励受试者行走。第三步，在受试者面前给出一个小物体。受试者用他的手去触摸、感觉和思考物体。在研究期间，三个实验情况反复尝试的主题。研究对象为福冈大学医学系学生及岩手大学教育系学生。三年的实验结果表明，感觉识别，特别是触觉意识是帮助适应日常生活的一个重要因素。为了进一步证实和研究这一发现，我们制定了实验方案，并提供了第一个版本的参与性实验，以体验和了解盲人在突然失明后的最初困难以及随后的生活相关阶段，在研究的后半部分，我们分析了盲人被试的沟通细节。S先生是一家公司的雇员。40多岁时，S先生突然失明。然而，由于他的意志和行动能力的训练，他回到了他以前的工作。在本案例研究中，S先生在两种情况下被观察到，一种是作为一所医学院演讲室的客座演讲者，另一种是作为他公司的全职员工。对S先生的沟通方式进行了录像和分析。在课堂上，学生的评价也通过结构式问卷获得。在这两种情况下，S先生的沟通态度被证明会影响他周围的其他人的沟通方式。

The purpose of the present study is to understand the meaning of the sensory recognition and adaptation to daily life for subjects who lost sightIn the former part of study, we designed the participatory experiment to simulate the blind people's situation by wearing an eye mask. Three situations were stepwisely tested. At first, the subject just sit sbill and experience the blindness. At second, the subject is encouraged to walk. At third, some small object is given in front of the subject. The subject use his hand to touch, feel and think about the object. During the research period, three experimental situations were repeatedly tried for subjects. The subjects included were medical students at Fukuoka University and educational students at lwate University. As the result of three years' trials, sensory recognition, especially the tactile awareness was suggested to be a important factor that assist adaptation to daily life. In order to confirm and further investigate the present finding, the experimental protocols were assembled and the first version of participatory experiment was offered to experience and learn the blind peoples' initial hardships just after the sudden visual loss and also the following life related stages.In the latter part of the study, we analysed the details of communication of a blind subject. Mr. S is a worker employed by a company. At his age of over 40, Mr. S suddenly lost.his vision. However, because of his will and mobility training, he returned to his previous job. In this case study, Mr. S was observed in two situations, as a guest speaker at the lecture room of a medical school, and as a fully employed staff at his company. Mr. S's way of communicating was videotaped and analysed. At the lecture room, students' evaluations were also obtained by structured questionnaire. At both situations, Mr. S's communicative attitude was shown to affect other people's way of communication around him.