Randomised controlled trial of the effect of coloured overlays on the rate of reading of people with specific learning difficulties

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 55-60

  Bouldoukian, Joelle ^a   Wilkins, Arnold J ^b   Evans, Bruce J W ^a,c  

^a Institute of Optometry   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coloured overlays; Dyslexia; Meares Irlen syndrome; Scotopic sensitivity syndrome; Specific learning difficulties; Tints

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTHENOPIA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FILTER; HUMAN; LEARNING DISORDER; NIGHT VISION; OPTOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; EYE REFRACTION; FEMALE; GENERAL MEDICAL AIDS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADULT; CHILD; COLOR; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTOMETRY; READING; REFRACTION, OCULAR; SENSORY AIDS;

EID: 0036364719     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00002.x     Document Type: Article

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