A comparison of two-coloured filter systems for treating visual reading difficulties

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 35, Issue 26, 2013, Pages 2221-2226

  Hall, Roger ^a   Ray, Nicola ^b   Harries, Priscilla ^c   Stein, John ^b  

^a Mentoring Plus   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coloured filters; Reading; Visual stress

Indexed keywords

CHILD; COLOR; COLOR VISION DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SPECTACLES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL;

CHILD; COLOR; COLOR VISION DEFECTS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DYSLEXIA; EYEGLASSES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; READING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84889237831     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/09638288.2013.774440     Document Type: Article

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