The Tambartun Oral Reading Test: A new test for determining reading performance of the visually impaired

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 97-110

  Fosse, Per ^a  

^a Tambartun National Resource Centre of the Visually Impaired   (Norway)

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EID: 3242667479     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/vimr.3.2.97.8655     Document Type: Article

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