Rehabilitation of reading in older individuals with macular degeneration: A review of effective training programs

Aging, Neuropsychology, and Cognition

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 708-732

  Pijnacker, Judith ^a   Verstraten, Peter ^b   Van Damme, Wim ^b   Vandermeulen, Jo ^b   Steenbergen, Bert ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Royal Dutch Visio   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

(Age related) macular degeneration; Central vision loss; Low vision; Reading; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

GERIATRICS; HUMAN; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGY; READING; RETINA MACULA DEGENERATION; REVIEW; VISION; VISUAL DISORDER; VISUAL FIELD;

GERIATRICS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MACULAR DEGENERATION; READING; VISION, LOW; VISUAL FIELDS; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84857309665     PISSN: 13825585     EISSN: 17444128     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13825585.2011.613451     Document Type: Review

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