Reading with central scotomas: Is there a binocular gain?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 83, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 789-796

  Kabanarou, Stamatina A ^a   Rubin, Gary S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AMD; Binocular vision; Eye movements; Reading

Indexed keywords

AGE RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (AMD); DISTANCE ACUITY; MONOCULAR GAIN; MONOCULAR VIEWING;

BINOCULAR VISION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; EYE MOVEMENTS; OPTOMETERS; PATIENT MONITORING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

VISION;

AGED; ARTICLE; BINOCULAR VISION; CALCULATION; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INFRARED RADIATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOCULAR VISION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL SYSTEM PARAMETERS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; PROGNOSIS; READING; SCOTOMA; VISION, BINOCULAR; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33751068364     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000238642.65218.64     Document Type: Article

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