Braille reading rates as a function of reading tasks

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 227-236

  Knowlton, M ^a   Wetzel, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b Minneapolis Community and Technical College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAILLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY; PERCEPTION; READING; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 0029943549     PISSN: 0145482X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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