The limitations imposed on reading by low vision aids

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 77, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 364-372

  Dickinson, Christine Margaret ^a   Fotinakis, Vassilis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hand magnifier; Magnification; Reading eye movements; Reading speed

Indexed keywords

VISION AIDS;

FIELD OF VIEW (FOV); HAND MAGNIFIERS; READING EYE MOVEMENTS;

EYE MOVEMENTS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE MOVEMENT; HEAD MOVEMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA IMAGE; VELOCITY; VISUAL AID;

EID: 0034233609     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006324-200007000-00011     Document Type: Article

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