Coloured overlays in schools: Orthoptic and optometric findings

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 156-165

  Scott, Lorna ^a   McWhinnie, Hazel ^a   Taylor, Lynette ^b   Stevenson, Nicola ^c   Irons, Peter ^d   Lewis, Elizabeth ^c   Evans, Marylyn ^c   Evans, Bruce ^e   Wilkins, Arnold ^f  

^a AYR HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Scrivens Opticians   (United Kingdom)

^c Walton Community School ^*  (United Kingdom)

^d Walton Community School   (United Kingdom)

^e Institute of Optometry   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Binocular vision; Coloured overlays; Meares Irlen syndrome; Orthoptics; Reading fluency

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; COLOR VISION; FILTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OPTOMETRY; ORTHOPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VISUAL SYSTEM FUNCTION; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF HELP;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOR PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTOMETRY; ORTHOPTICS; READING; SELF-HELP DEVICES; VISION, BINOCULAR;

EID: 0036513482     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2002.00009.x     Document Type: Article

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