Predicting the continued use of overlays in school children - A comparison of the Developmental Eye Movement test and the Rate of Reading test

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 457-464

  Northway, Nadia ^a  

^a GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coloured overlays; Developmental Eye Movement test; Dyslexia; Meares irlen syndrome; Rate of Reading test; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; CHILD; COLOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISION; VISION TEST;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; CHILD; COLOR; DYSLEXIA; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; READING; VISION TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 0242273151     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1475-1313.2003.00144.x     Document Type: Article

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