Screening for Meares-Irlen sensitivity in adults: Can assessment methods predict changes in reading speed?

Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 566-571

  Hollis, Jarrod ^a   Allen, Peter M ^a  

^a ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Meares Irlen; Pattern glare; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEARES IRLEN SENSITIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; READING; RELIABILITY; SCREENING; SELF REPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; WILKINS RATE OF READING TEST;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FLICKER FUSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTUAL DISTORTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; READING; SENSORY AIDS; VISION TESTS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 33750036967     PISSN: 02755408     EISSN: 14751313     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-1313.2006.00401.x     Document Type: Article

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