Reading with optical magnifiers: Page navigation strategies and difficulties

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 84, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 9-20

  Bowers, Alex ^a,b   Cheong, Allen M Y ^c,d   Lovie Kitchin, Jan E ^d  

^a SCHEPENS EYE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Macular degeneration; Magnifiers; Page navigation; Reading

Indexed keywords

ERROR ANALYSIS; PERSONNEL TRAINING; SURVEYING; VISION;

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION (AMD); OPTICAL MAGNIFIERS; PAGE NAVIGATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL MAGNIFIER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION; VISION TEST; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; READING; SENSORY AIDS; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 33846192476     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.opx.0000254035.39055.05     Document Type: Article

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