Failure of blue-tinted lenses to change reading scores of dyslexic individuals

Optometry

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 627-633

  Christenson, Garth N ^a   Griffin, John R ^b   Taylor, Michelle ^c  

^a Christenson Vision Care   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA COLLEGE OF OPTOMETRY   (United States)

^c A Chance to Grow/New Visions School   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Dyslexia; Reading; School; Vision testing

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RANDOMIZATION; READING; SPECTACLES; VISION TEST;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; READING; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0035487932     PISSN: 15291839     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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