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NOTICE This document is disseminated under the sponsorship of the U.S. Department of Transportation in the interest of information exchange. The United States Government assumes no liability for the contents thereof. ___________ This publication and all Office of Aerospace Medicine technical reports are available in full-text from the Civil Aerospace Medical Institute’s publications website: www.faa.gov/go/oamtechreports
Technical Report Documentation Page 1. Report No. 2. Government Accession No. 3. Recipient's Catalog No. DOT/FAA/AM-13/20 4. Title and Subtitle 5. Report Date Hypoxia, Color Vision Deficiencies, and Blood Oxygen Saturation November 2013 6. Performing Organization Code 7. Author(s) 8. Performing Organization Report No. Hovis JK, 1 Milburn NJ, 2 Nesthus TE 2 9. Performing Organization Name and Address 10. Work Unit No. (TRAIS) 1 University of Waterloo School of Optometry Waterloo, ON N2L 2G1 Canada 2 FAA Civil Aerospace Medical Institute P.O. Box 25082 Oklahoma City, OK 73125 11. Contract or Grant No. 12. Sponsoring Agency name and Address 13. Type of Report and Period Covered Office of Aerospace Medicine Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Ave., S.W. Washington, DC 20591 14. Sponsoring Agency Code 15. Supplemental Notes Work was accomplished under approved task AM-521. 16. Abstract Chromatic thresholds were measured using the Cambridge Color Test (CCT), Color Assessment and Diagnosis (CAD) test, and Cone Specific Contrast Test at ground and 3780 m (12,400 ft) for subjects with normal color vision and red-green color vision defects. The CAD revealed a small (~10%) increase in the red-green thresholds for the trichromatic subjects and a similar increase in the blue-yellow thresholds for the dichromats. The other two color vision tests did not reveal any significant change in chromatic thresholds. The CAD results for the trichromats were consistent with a rotation of the discrimination ellipse counterclockwise, with little change in the elliptical area. This alteration in the color discrimination ellipse is consistent with the hypothesis that the effects of mild hypoxia on basic visual function are similar to lowering the retinal illuminance. 17. Key Words Color Vision Deficiency, Color Vision, Hypoxia, Color Vision Screening Tests, Altitude 18. Distribution Statement Document is available to the public through the Internet: www.faa.gov/go/oamtechreports 19. Security Classif. (of this report) 20. Security Classif. (of this page) 21. No. of Pages 22. Price Unclassified Unclassified 13 Form DOT F 1700.7 (8-72) Reproduction of completed page authorized i
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