Do reading additions improve reading in pre-presbyopes with low vision?

Optometry and Vision Science

Volumn 89, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1327-1335

  Alabdulkader, Balsam ^a   Leat, Susan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

accommodation; low vision; reading; reading addition; visual impairment

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION; LOW VISION; READING; READING ADDITION; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

OPHTHALMOLOGY; OPTOMETERS;

VISION AIDS;

ACCOMMODATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESBYOPIA; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE; VISION TEST; VISUAL DISORDER;

ACCOMMODATION, OCULAR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CONTRAST SENSITIVITY; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PRESBYOPIA; READING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; VISION TESTS; VISION, LOW; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865778392     PISSN: 10405488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/OPX.0b013e318264cb1a     Document Type: Article

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