Loss of central vision and audiovisual speech perception

Visual Impairment Research

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 23-34

  Wilson, Amanda ^a   Wilson, Adam ^a   Ten Hove, Martin W ^a   Paré, Martin ^a   Munhall, Kevin G ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Artificial scotoma; Audiovisual; Macular hole; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY CORTEX; CENTRAL SCOTOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE MOVEMENT; FEMALE; GAZE; HUMAN; MALE; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETINA MACULA HOLE; SPEECH PERCEPTION; TRAINING; VISUAL INFORMATION;

EID: 45949088890     PISSN: 1388235X     EISSN: 17445167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13882350802053731     Document Type: Article

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