Scotopic Sensitivity/Irlen Syndrome and the use of coloured filters: A long-term placebo-controlled study of reading strategies using analysis of miscue

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 35-52

  Robinson, G L ^a   Foreman, P J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLACEBO;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOR; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DARK ADAPTATION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PHONETICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COLOR; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DARK ADAPTATION; DYSLEXIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENSES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; PHONETICS; PLACEBOS; READING; SPEECH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0033070640     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.1.35     Document Type: Article

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