Effects of preferred retinal locus placement on text navigation and development of advantageous trained retinal locus

Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 761-770

  Watson, Gale R ^a   Schuchard, Ronald A ^a   De l'Aune, William R ^b   Watkins, Erica ^a  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ATLANTA RESEARCH AND EDUCATION FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Low vision; Macular scotoma; Preferred retinal locus; Reading; Rehabilitation; Scanning laser ophthalmoscope; Text navigation; Trained retinal locus; Vision rehabilitation; Visual impairment

Indexed keywords

OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT REHABILITATION; VISION;

LOW VISION; MACULAR SCOTOMA; PREFERRED RETINAL LOCUS; READING; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPE; TEXT NAVIGATION; TRAINED RETINAL LOCUS; TRAINED RETINAL LOCUS (TRL); VISION REHABILITATION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

TEXT PROCESSING;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA; SCANNING LASER OPHTHALMOSCOPY; SCOTOMA; VISION TEST; VISUAL FIELD;

ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; READING; RETINA; RETINAL DISEASES;

EID: 33846268761     PISSN: 07487711     EISSN: 07487711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2005.07.0120     Document Type: Article

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