Short-term in-office practice improves reading performance with stand magnifiers for people with AMD

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-127

  Cheong, Allen M Y ^a,c   Lovie Kitchin, Jan E ^a   Bowers, Alex R ^b   Brown, Brian ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

AMD; Reading; Reading rate; Stand magnifiers; Training

Indexed keywords

ABILITY TESTING; EYE PROTECTION; OPTOMETERS; TACTILE READING AIDS; VISION AIDS;

IN-OFFICE PRACTICE; MAGNIFIERS; PRINT BOOKS; READING PERFORMANCE; TRAINING PROGRAMS;

VISION;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; STAND MAGNIFIER; TECHNICAL AID; TRAINING; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HUMANS; LENSES; MACULAR DEGENERATION; OFFICE VISITS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; READING; TIME FACTORS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 13844297106     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.OPX.0000153244.93582.FF     Document Type: Article

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