[Utilization of optical devices and equipments by students with visual impairment].

Purpose: To verify perceptions and conduct of students with visual impairment regarding devices and equipment utilized in schooling process.

Methods: A transversal descriptive study on a population of 12-year-old or older students in schooling process, affected by congenital or acquired visual impairment, inserted in the government teaching system of Campinas during the year 2000. An interview quiz, created based on an exploratory study was applied.