Irlen colored overlays do not alleviate reading difficulties

Pediatrics

Volumn 128, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Ritchie, Stuart J ^a   Della Sala, Sergio ^a   McIntosh, Robert D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Color; Dyslexia; Education; Learning disorders; Ocular physiological processes; Reading

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; COLOR DISCRIMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRLEN COLORED OVERLAY; IRLEN SYNDROME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SCHOOL CHILD; VISUAL AID; VISUAL STRESS;

EID: 80053505814     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-0314     Document Type: Article

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