The repeatability of MNREAD acuity charts and variability at different test distances

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 572-576

  Subramanian, Ahalya ^a   Pardhan, Shahina ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical print size; MNREAD; Reading acuity; Reading speed

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT THEORY; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PERSONNEL; POPULATION STATISTICS; SPEED CONTROL;

CRITICAL PRINT SIZE; MNREAD; READING ACUITY; READING SPEED;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

ACCOMMODATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAILEY LOVIE CHART; COLLEGE STUDENT; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MNREAD ACUITY CHART; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33747415032     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000232225.00311.53     Document Type: Article

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