Reading speed does not benefit from increased line spacing in AMD patients

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 85, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 827-833

  Chung, Susana T L ^a,b   Jarvis, Samuel H ^a   Woo, Stanley Y ^a   Hanson, Kara ^a   Jose, Randall T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOUSTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE-RELATED MACULAR DEGENERATION; LINE SPACING; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRINT SIZE; RAPID SERIAL VISUAL PRESENTATIONS; READING ERRORS; READING SPEED; SPATIAL INTERACTION; VERTICAL SEPARATION;

ABERRATIONS; COMPUTER MONITORS; SEPARATION; SPEED; STANDARDS; TARGETS; VISION;

VISION AIDS;

AGED; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; HUMAN; PERIPHERAL VISION; PRINTING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; RETINA MACULA AGE RELATED DEGENERATION; VISION TEST; WORD RECOGNITION; ARTICLE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHYSIOLOGY; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; VISION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FORM PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MACULAR DEGENERATION; READING; VISION, OCULAR;

EID: 58149107804     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e31818527ea     Document Type: Conference Paper

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