Cohort vision study of Apache AH Mk1 pilots: protocol and methodology

Keith L. Hiatt; Malcolm G. Braithwaite; John S. Crowley; Clarence E. Rash; Corina van de Pol; Daniel J. Ranchino; William K Statz; Allison J Eke

doi:10.1117/12.478878

5 August 2002 Cohort vision study of Apache AH Mk1 pilots: protocol and methodology

Keith L. Hiatt, Malcolm G. Braithwaite, John S. Crowley, Clarence E. Rash, Corina van de Pol, Daniel J. Ranchino, William K Statz, Allison J Eke

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Proceedings Volume 4711, Helmet- and Head-Mounted Displays VII; (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478878
Event: AeroSense 2002, 2002, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

A collaborative occupational health study has been undertaken by Headquarters Director Army Aviation, Middle Wallop, UK, and the U.S. Army Aeromedical Research Laboratory, Fort Rucker, Alabama, to determine if the use of the monocular helmet-mounted display in the Apache AH Mk 1 attack helicopter has any long-term (10-year) effect on visual performance. This paper describes the protocol, methodology, development and initial execution phase of this study. The test methodology consists primarily of a battery of vision tests selected to capture changes in visual performance (with an emphasis on binocular visual functions) of Apache aviators over their flight career. It is anticipated that the number of Apache aviators will level out to approximately 70 by the end of the first three years of the study. Non-Apache aviators will serve as a control group.

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Keith L. Hiatt, Malcolm G. Braithwaite, John S. Crowley, Clarence E. Rash, Corina van de Pol, Daniel J. Ranchino, William K Statz, and Allison J Eke "Cohort vision study of Apache AH Mk1 pilots: protocol and methodology", Proc. SPIE 4711, Helmet- and Head-Mounted Displays VII, (5 August 2002); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.478878

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