NTL Record

Title Pilot vision considerations : the effect of age on binocular fusion time.
Record ID 38977
Personal Name
Creator
Melton, Carlton E.; Wicks, Marlene
Corporate Creator United States. Office of Aviation Medicine
Publisher Civil Aerospace Medical Institute
Publication Date 19661000
Language English
Abstract The study provides data regarding the relationship between vision performance and age of the individual. It has direct application to pilot visual tasks with respect to instrument panel displays, and to controller visual tasks in association with radar equipment. It also relates to the visual parameter important to the determination of a physiologic age rating for pilots.
Rosap ID dot:20804
Rosap URL https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/20804
TRT Terms Air pilots; Vision; Eye location; Eye fixations; Fusion; Flicker; Age; Vision tests; Muscles; Biological aging; Experiments; Human subject testing
General Subjects Air pilots; Vision--Testing; Eye--Movements; Age; Flicker fusion; Diplopia; Vergence (Binocular vision); Heterophoria; Visual acuity; Eye--Muscles--Aging
Classification NTL - AVIATION - AVIATION
Geographical
Coverage
United States
Report Number AM 66-35; DOT/FAA/AM-66/35
Resource type Tech Report
URL https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/38000/38900/38977/AM66-35.pdf
Format PDF
Database NTL Digital Repository