Training to improve reading speed in patients with juvenile macular dystrophy: A randomized study comparing two training methods

Acta Ophthalmologica

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Nguyen, Nhung X ^a   Stockum, Andrea ^a   Hahn, Gesa A ^a   Trauzettel Klosinski, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

eye movements; juvenile macular dystrophy; reading speed; reading training

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EYE FIXATION; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JUVENILE MACULAR DYSTROPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; RETINA MACULA VITELLIFORM DEGENERATION; RETINA MACULOPATHY; SACCADIC EYE MOVEMENT; STARGARDT DISEASE; TRAINING; VISUAL ACUITY;

ADULT; CORNEAL DYSTROPHIES, HEREDITARY; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; READING; SENSORY AIDS; TEACHING; VISION, LOW; VISUAL ACUITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551509379     PISSN: 1755375X     EISSN: 17553768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-3768.2010.02081.x     Document Type: Article

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